2489 Thunderstorm (9)
Please enter the text in the early morning, and the personal servant trembled to wake up the sleeping deputy minister of the Prince of Feize, Kurusdi, "Sir, someone from the palace, hold an emergency meeting."
"Urgent meeting? Is there something wrong with the war ahead?"
The fifty-year-old Kurusdi unexpectedly glanced outside. It was still dark sky. The war ahead had already made the military affairs department run with all its strength. Not to mention the 200,000 troops isolated from Paput, even the more than 100,000 Feize troops confronted the central coalition, the large amount of military rations and supplies consumed every day made Kurusdi's hair look white.
"It was the Imperial Guard, it seemed that something was a big deal." The personal servant handed over a hot towel.
&:3w.; "What's awesome?" Kurusdi's eyebrows were slightly frowning, and he took off the white military uniform from the hanger. When he walked to the hall, he saw a bright light of fire in front of the hall. On both sides of the road, he stood the palace guards with long red and white tassels hanging down to his waist.
"Master Kurusdi" An imperial guard officer saw him and immediately walked over, stood attentively and saluted.
"What's going on?" Kurusdi nodded to the officer of the Imperial Guard and asked seriously. Although the other party was a royal guard, in Feize, the strength of the military headquarters has never completely obeyed the royal power.
"Sir, we have just received a secret report that the six vassal states in the south rebelled together. "The officer took a deep breath and said with a cold face. His Majesty had just issued a blockade order and ordered the Imperial Guards to arrest all the people related to the six vassal states in the south. "What, how could the vassal states in the south rebellion?" It made Kurusdi's heart abrupt, or felt that it was not good. Fei Ze's current situation was already quite embarrassed. Although he still maintained an optimistic situation in the war, in fact, as the dispatching king.
Kurusdi, the deputy chief of the military affairs department of the country, knew very well that the kingdom's troops had been unknowingly transferred to an almost empty level. The entire kingdom had 500,000 standing troops, 200,000 were deeply trapped in the Paput area, and 200,000 confronted the central coalition. Most of the remaining troops were on the coast to deal with the pressure from the northern Falcon Empire. The military affairs department had just submitted a report on recruiting troops to the king, but His Majesty the King had not yet responded, and the southern vassal actually rebelled at this time. What's going on?
"I don't know the specific situation. Please get on the car!" The Imperial Guard looked strange and made a gesture of invitation. The meaning was obviously to say. It is not convenient here. If the adults want to know, they can get on the car and ask again.
"Okay," Kurusdi coughed dryly, walked to the carriage parked outside the door. As soon as he closed the car door, he saw a team of guards holding torches coming and going, rushing into the mansion of a southern vassal nobleman opposite his home. A scream and a sharp weapon were heard inside.
Kurusdi knew the owner of the mansion, a duke of the Southern Vocational Kingdom. He was an old man who had lived in the capital of Ferze for twenty years. He was personally received by Kurusdi. It would be too joking to say that this person was rebellious. The number of nobles in the capital of Ferze was definitely not small. Along the dark streets, there were guards everywhere holding torches and breaking into the name of searching for rebellion. At the corner of a street, Kurusdi saw more than a dozen headless corpses lying in a pool of blood. The bloody scene made him frown slightly, and the sound of dogs barking came from the dark streets around him. But it soon turned into a sudden silence.
"If it were all handled like this, then many people would die tonight," Kurusdi said in his heart, "How did the southern rebellion be confirmed?" Kurusdi put down the curtain of the carriage and asked out his doubts. As the deputy chief of the military headquarters, he didn't know about the southern rebellion, but how did His Majesty the King, who lives in the deep palace, know?
"Do you remember reporting to our army's eleven important material warehouses some time ago, and they were destroyed at the same time?" The officer of the Imperial Guard paused, looked out the window, and said, "The only ones in the carriage were he and Kurusdi, so he spoke less and less concerned.
In fact, the officers of the Imperial Guard are also full of compliment. In Feize, the Imperial Guard belongs to the royal family and does not belong to the military. It is just that Feize has been in the country for hundreds of years. The Imperial Guard, which had superior combat power, has become a place for the competition between the children of nobles. In terms of seniority, the positions of the Imperial Guard have always been occupied by several royal branches. Or the generals of the Imperial Guard have been occupied by several royal branches throughout their lives. Even if they can climb to the brigade commander level, they will reach the top. The Imperial Guard officer is already the squadron leader. If he wants to take the stairs of the general, he has to turn to the military.
It is not without convention that the royal guards transfer into combat troops, but the premise is that the military must agree to accept that Kurusdi, as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Prince, has extraordinary weight in the military. If he can get a good evaluation from Kurusdi, the road from the imperial guards transfer into the military will be much smoother.
After all, in the Feize military, although the Imperial Guards are so beautiful, they are actually looked down upon. They wear gorgeous uniforms and hold extremely bright weapons in their hands, but have never been to the battlefield in their lives. To a certain extent, Feize's royal guards are not combat troops. Their responsibilities are more to protect the king's safety and use them as honorary troops in major celebrations. Therefore, this is the fancy but practical helmet that grows to the waist.
There is even a joke in the Feize military. If His Majesty the King dislikes anyone, he only needs to let the heirs of this family enter the Imperial Guard. It basically declares that the heirs of this family have no chance of military merits. A family without military merits, even if they are so prominent, will be quickly destroyed over the years.
"I know that thing was not found out later, but the losses caused by the continuous rainy season caused by the damage to the material warehouse itself?" Kurusdi nodded, and was grateful for the congratulations of the Imperial Guard officer. Seeing Kurusdi's expression, the Imperial Guard was so excited that he couldn't hold on. He continued to say
"I heard that it was just a false report to cover up the facts. In fact, these eleven material warehouses were built by the servants of the southern vassal kingdom. These servants did it on purpose, causing the kingdom to suffer major losses in such a difficult time." The tone of the imperial guard officer was full of strong anger. "I have heard that those southerners are not things. If it were not for the protection of the kingdom, they would not have such a peaceful life now. The adults would not need to feel pitiful for these lowly southerners. The kingdom is so kind to them. Not only do they not know how to be grateful, they also fight against the kingdom's orders. If they do not take decisive measures to deter the consequences will be unpredictable!"
"The lowly southerner?"
This word surprised Kurusdi, and the guard officer with a sad and angry look in front of him felt a little touched. This guard officer must have felt very hurt. This is probably the attitude of most Feize people to hear about this. Sure enough, the information blockade of the southern vassal kingdoms in China is very outstanding. In most Feize people's hearts, it was the Kingdom of Feize who protected these southern vassals. Otherwise, these southern vassals would have been swallowed up by various enemies. It was Feize soldiers who sacrificed their lives for these southern vassal kingdoms. But what did these southern vassals do?
In fact, how many people know how serious Feize's exploitation of the southern vassal kingdoms was, because 80% of the food and food were sent to Feize. How many people starved to death every winter in these kingdoms? This was the long transport fleet from the south to Feize, the luxury of the Feize nobles, and the Feize Kingdom still maintained a military force of more than 500,000 even when its business was not developed. Even if it faced the Gangfei Empire in the north, there was no weak national power. How could the South, which had been suppressed by Feize, have almost no resistance at all, suddenly rebelled?
Thinking about what the officer of the Imperial Guard opposite revealed. Kurusdi's face suddenly became slightly dark, and an amazing guess flashed through his mind. No! His Majesty the King can even do such a thing? Kurusdi took a deep breath, and even he was scared by this conclusion.
The Southern Vasual Rebellion is a farce directed and acted by His Majesty the King!
Suddenly he identified the southern vassal rebellion, and he vigorously mobilized the imperial guards to strangle all the nobles of the southern vassal kingdom in the capital of Fize. This is not to eliminate the rebellion. It is obvious that the domestic materials are currently in a considerable degree. His Majesty the King has set his mind on these southern vassals to show his submission to the Kingdom of Fize. Every southern vassal kingdom has hostages stationed in the capital of Fize. He also owns considerable industries in the capital of Fize. After more than a hundred years, the accumulated wealth can be imagined. If all confiscated, it will definitely be a fortune that can support the continued war! Even if the southern vassal kingdom resists this fiercely, what's the use of under the heavy pressure of the 200,000 Feize army on the front?
The Palace of Fize, between the cold and magnificent cylindrical decorations, Kurusdi seemed to smell a smell of killing and blood. Since His Majesty the King raised the butcher knife to the southern vassals, he should have had follow-up measures. Kurusdi breathed a long time ago, and the guards holding torches were standing on both sides of the corridor. On the long walkway leading to the hall of the meeting, the palace soldiers holding sharp weapons were guarding, cold, gloomy, and quiet, only heavy footsteps were echoing, the flames were swaying, and the shadows were hustling, which made people shudder.
"Kurusdi, you're late." King Feize raised his head from the map being examined and looked at Kurusdi who walked into the chamber. He was covered in blood and haggardness, which made Kurusdi shocked when he saw it.
"It's not that I'm late, it's His Majesty's decision that was surprising." Kurusdi looked at the officers coming and going. The entire chamber was like a command center with maps hanging on the wall. Several staff members of the guards pointed at each coordinate and were arguing about something. A sand table of the southern vassal kingdom made of soil was horizontal in the middle of the chamber, with colorful flags on it.
"It seems you know, it's okay, I won't talk nonsense!"
The king walked towards the sand table with a serious expression, took the instruction stick from an imperial guard officer, and pointed to an area in the sand table. "I will give you 50,000 people. How much food can you raise in the southern region within a month?"
"Fifty thousand people?" Kurusdi was stunned for a moment. Now the kingdom can still withdraw 50,000 people? He is the deputy chief of the Military Affairs Department who is responsible for military management. Why don't he know! Unless Kurusdi's face changed, is His Majesty the King going crazy? With the virtues of the Imperial Guard, even his roots have long been rotten. Can he still be sent to fight?" You all go down first!"
King Feize waved his hand to the officers around him, and the officers left quickly. When all the officers were finished, King Feize turned around and looked at Kurusdi aggressively and said, "I know what you are thinking, but these are the only reserve forces that the kingdom can mobilize at present. Give you a month to do whatever you can. Actually, I don't want to do this, but there is no way. The treasury stockpile has been stored for less than two months. The Falcon Empire in the north cut off the grain trade, and no one in the southern region traded with us. If you can't get food in the south, it will not only be a problem of starving people to death, but a problem of the collapse of hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line." (To be continued.)
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Chapter completed!