Francois took the initiative to make arrangements, so Joseph did not refuse hypocritically, and immediately said seriously: "With the help of the Guard Corps, we will definitely be able to completely eliminate these gangsters as quickly as possible!"
"I'm very relieved about this." Francois no longer had any doubts about Joseph's ability. "Speaking of which, are you paying attention to the situation in the west?"
"In the west...are you referring to the border conflict between the Kingdom of Sder and the Empire of Castelia?" Joseph asked.
"That's right."
"I'm paying some attention. I heard that both sides have deployed a lot of troops there. It seems that they are taking this opportunity to formally resolve the issues left over from history and determine the ownership of the Masi region." Although Joseph was busy coming to Zeinli all day long.
matter, but it is not clear about the disputes between neighboring countries, "You mentioned this because..."
Francois took a sip of wine: "Based on the intelligence we currently have, a war between the two parties is definitely inevitable, and the scale will probably not be any worse than that of Bash. And this level of war is definitely inevitable.
The war breaks out on our border with Bresci, and we will have to send troops to intervene. In this way, we will not only expedition to Bash with the Wellland coalition army, but also send troops to solve the problems in Sder and Castelia.
Most of our energy will be involved in the conflict."
Joseph understood what Francois meant: "Are you worried that Equality will seize this opportunity to become more active and make some big moves that will have a bad impact?"
"I have to brace myself and be on guard against this." The scene of the Equality Association attacking the government building a year ago was still vivid in his mind. Francois was afraid that after a year of dormancy, Equality would come up with something new when they were unable to do anything.
Yao Mozi said, "The war over there will start in a few days, and nothing else will happen to Lai Zeyin."
"Don't worry." Joseph assured again, and at the same time saw clearly the purpose of Francois's conversation.
The breakthrough progress made by the independent editor today in the operation to suppress the Equality Society is only part of the reason why Francois decided to fully support himself.
The reason why he came to see him today was actually to give him the command of the Guard Corps. Even if the independent mixed division did not destroy the Equality Association today, there is a high probability that he would still see him this evening.
Because even if Francois was extremely unhappy to see military power concentrated in the hands of one person, under the pressure of various external factors and the temptation to restore the monarchy and ascend to the throne, he still had to let the independent mixed divisions and
The Guard Corps formed a rope to maintain the stability of Lezein.
However, this does not mean that Joseph and the others have made so many plans before, and it is redundant to work hard with Arthur to eliminate Maguire.
Obtaining the support of Francois and making Arthur, the leader of the subsequent Guard Corps, willing to hand over his military power is the most conducive situation for Joseph to use the Guard Corps for himself and the Equality Association.
Although the equipment of the Guard Corps is not as sophisticated as that of the independent mixed division, and its military quality is also far behind, it is an armed force of more than 30,000 people. After the integration with the independent mixed division and the Pingdonghui Operations Department, this total of five
The 60,000-strong army will become the sharp blade of the revolution, sweeping through Bresci with the unifying public opinion.
"I will notify Maguire later, and then you two will see how to coordinate the work in private. If there is any situation, come to me at any time." Francois gave Joseph a lot of power.
"Well, this new coordination is estimated to take a few days to complete. With the full support of the Guard Corps, our subsequent actions will also need to be partially improved. In short, I assure you that we will definitely achieve success within half a month.
The bigger result is that the rebels will be wiped out within a month, and there will be peace in Bressy!" Joseph, with his face not red and his heart not beating, promised Francois with his chest raised.
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late at night
Equality meeting, main station, conference room
"Among the seventy-nine comrades who acted with the independent mixer this time, only two were hit by stray bullets and were slightly injured. They are currently receiving proper treatment in the independent mixer camp. The other comrades are for safety reasons
, were all imprisoned." Ross came back specifically to report on the placement of the captured comrades.
"This arrangement is the best. If you want to do a good job, you have to do it adequately. You can't get caught and still feast and drink. When the news reaches Francois, Joseph and the others will not be able to explain it.
." Boyin didn't mind that the acting comrades were being imprisoned, and he even suggested that a proper interrogation be conducted.
Ross took note of Boyin's words: "Then I will go back and tell them."
Adel, who came back together, then said: "Arthur and I met again in the evening. This time he heard that the independent editor had really taken down several sites of the Equality Association, and in addition, from Maguire
After learning that Francois had now handed over the command of the Guard Corps to Joseph, he became convinced of our ability and was very willing to cooperate."
Boyin had expected this. Under the general situation, a little Arthur couldn't defeat them at all.
"We have finalized the specific plan for tomorrow this time. He has not yet had time to decide on the assassin, but the time of the assassination and the assassin's evacuation route after the assassination have been arranged. At ten o'clock tomorrow night, Maguire will be there if nothing unexpected happens.
Work in the office. When the time comes, Arthur will send someone to assassinate him, and then let the assassin escape to the area of our patrol force and kill him on the spot. You guys will also arrange the same time to go to the parliamentary faction to make some noise, and everything will be fine.
It's done." Adel said.
"Morais." Boyin looked at Morais, who was mainly responsible for this matter.
"No problem, then we will take action at ten o'clock tomorrow." Morais agreed.
A cadre who attended the meeting said: "Joseph went to see Francois in the evening. Francois has handed over the military power of the Guard Corps to him. Is it still necessary for us to cooperate with Arthur now?"
Verak, who was smoking silently, puffed out his cigarette and flicked the ashtray into the ashtray: "We have already settled the matter with Arthur, and it will be very troublesome to turn around and work with Maguire now. And Maguire has too many thoughts, so why not
Arthur is easy to control."
"Well, we have to make a fuss about this matter tomorrow." Morais hadn't taken action for a while, and was planning to take the people from the operations department to practice shooting again this time.
"Our Propaganda Department has also recently deployed personnel within the Guard Corps to engage in publicity work. With the experience accumulated from the independent mixed division, the speed should be faster this time." The Propaganda Department led by Piaf also participated.
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"Okay, all departments will act according to the original plan." Boyin nodded slightly.
"I think we need to analyze the conflict between the Kingdom of Sder and the Empire of Castelia." As the meeting was coming to an end, Keating brought up another extremely important matter, "Joseph said, François
Watts concluded that a large-scale war would break out between the two countries, and that the war would affect Bressy's territory, so he was already organizing troops to prepare for intervention. Let's not talk about what important intelligence Francois has mastered.
, we made preparations before the opponent started fighting, so let’s talk about the impact of this attack.”
Boyne probably knew what Keating wanted to say: "François will not only go on an expedition with the Welland coalition, but also send troops to intervene in another large-scale war. If our energy and troops are continuously involved in these two things, we will
It’s the best time to capture Lezein.”
"Yes, this should be our best chance to take action. Judging from the time, it will be about a week later." Keating said.
"... Our preparation work is now nearing completion. Once we have the Guard Corps in our hands and all sub-stations are ready to respond, there is really no reason to wait any longer." Boyin said after being silent for a few seconds.
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.
The day when they will control Lazein openly and liberate Bressey is coming soon.
"At present, we have established a total of 71 sub-stations in major cities in Brescia. Now these sub-stations are intensively carrying out propaganda work, recruiting reserve members, and purchasing weapons." Coordinating Department Minister Liszt said, "Very soon.
It’s hard to say whether each branch station is ready or not. I can only say that the longer the time goes by, the more prepared everyone will be.”
"There is no rush to determine the time. The war will not end as soon as it is fought, but in order to deal with various emergencies, we must always be prepared to control Lezein and liberate Bressy.
We must make sure to make a decision today and take action tomorrow, or even on the same day, to overthrow the enemy with thunderous power.
This country will build a new world." Boyin looked at the people attending the meeting seriously, "I will first give each department a final time limit of June 15th. Complete all preparations before June 15th.
From the 5th onwards, we will wait for the opportunity to move, and we may officially change this country any day."
It's just past midnight, and there are still ten days until June 15th.
Within ten days, the Kingdom of Sder and the Empire of Castelia will inevitably go to war. Francois will also send an army to intervene, and the Equality Society will also take Francois's last trump card in Lezeinli -
—Guard Regiment.
Ten days later, when the time is ripe and the preparations are complete, hundreds of thousands of Equality comrades will emerge in various places in Bressy, overthrow the rule of the bourgeoisie composed of Francois and the powerful, and lead the people to launch a uprising
A huge liberation movement.
"Okay, everyone, let's prepare for tomorrow. We will win in the end. Let's adjourn the meeting." It was already late, and there were important actions tomorrow, so Boyin didn't let everyone discuss this matter any more.
After leaving the conference room, most people left one after another and went back to their rooms to rest.
Verak would not participate in the operation to attack the Sheep Guard Corps and rescue the parliamentary forces, so he still had plenty of time, so he went directly to Vikenj, August, and Clark to continue learning Bash.
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Morais took the cadres of the operations department and worked with Adel in another conference room to formulate a detailed action plan on the night of the 5th.
Piaf and Ross also did not rest. The backbone of the Propaganda Department gathered in Piaf's office to discuss the follow-up publicity work in three aspects: the independent mixed division, the Guards Corps, and the sub-station.
From this night on, the countdown to the Equality Association's all-out counterattack officially began.
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One day later, on the evening of June 5th, at 9:58
Guards Corps Station, Maguire's Office
Maguire was sitting on a chair smoking out of boredom.
The fact that General Joseph temporarily took over the Guards Corps made him feel relieved.
It is of course the best to have someone who is willing to take risks for him, help him solve big troubles, and will leave soon after Lai Zeyin is stable, leaving him an unfettered environment.
"Hiss...huh..." Maguire smoked a cigarette, treating this as a harmless vacation.
But under the smoke, his eyes narrowed, faintly revealing murderous intent.
He knew that Francois was sending Arthur to keep an eye on him. If he was not careful, the position of leader of the Guard Corps would be replaced by Arthur.
Now that the corps has been handed over to Joseph for command and deployment, he can now free up his hands to deal with this powerful threat.
"Dongdongdong."
"Who?" Maguire was just trying to plan how to drive a wedge between Francois and Arthur, when there was a knock on the office door.
"Captain, it's me, Edgar." A voice came from outside the door.
"Come in." Edgar was one of Maguire's cronies. He did not raise any suspicion and directly allowed the other party to come in.
Edgar outside the door glanced at the guard in front of the office door and pushed the door open: "Captain."
"What's wrong?" Maguire asked coldly with his legs on the desk.
"I have something important to report to you." Edgar turned around, closed the office door, and walked to the front of the office.
"What--"
"Stop talking. If you make any move now, I will shoot you immediately." Before Maguire could finish asking what was going on, Edgar neatly raised his pistol and pointed it at the horse, which was only one meter away from him.
Quayle.
Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Maguire's forehead, and he suddenly woke up from his drowsy state: "You..."
"I don't want to kill you, I just have a request." Edgar comforted the frozen Maguire, "Follow my instructions and write a personal letter to Francois. I will leave after writing."
"What, what letter? What's wrong with you?" Facing the gun that could end his life at any time, Maguire could not keep calm. "You are my most trusted subordinate. If you have any difficulties or needs, you can contact me directly.
Say, why bother making it so embarrassing?"
"I don't want to embarrass you. Just finish the letter as I asked. As for what is going on, you will know tomorrow." Edgar said.
"Okay..." Maguire judged from Edgar's words that he would not hurt himself, and his limp body could move more or less, "I will write right now, you must not shoot,
Be careful of fire."
As he spoke, Maguire raised his hands, put down his legs from the desk, then carefully took out the letter paper from the side and picked up the pen.
Edgar approached and said: "Write, Dear Mr. President Francois."
"Okay..." Maguire wiped the sweat from his forehead, touched the pen tremblingly, and wrote a crooked line on the letter paper, "Do you think this is okay? Either, or I can change it.
Rewrite on a piece of paper?”
"No, continue." Edgar's eyes were cold and he came behind Maguire, "Write, I'm sorry for writing such a sudden letter."
"Huh..." Maguire tried to calm down his emotions and wrote on a new line on the letter paper according to Edgar's instructions.
When Maguire was concentrating on trying to steady his words, Edgar slowly put down the gun and raised a short knife.
"Write, after writing, it's time to -"
"puff!"
Before he started writing the third sentence of the letter, Edgar covered Maguire's mouth with one hand, held the knife with the other, and inserted the knife into Maguire's neck.
"Woo!"
Maguire's eyes widened and his body twisted wildly.
Edgar held Maguire tightly with both hands to prevent him from making any big noise.
Soon, Maguire's movements weakened, and he no longer had the strength to struggle and resist. After waiting for a while, Edgar dragged him aside and put him down on the ground. He watched as his body convulsed slightly, and was stained with blood.
He pulled off his bloody coat and wiped the blood on his hands calmly.
After handling all this quickly, he walked out of the office without changing his expression. After giving a slight nod to the guards, he walked straight out of the Guard Corps' station.
In the deputy leader's office, Arthur watched Edgar's figure come out of Maguire's office and disappear into the night. He let out a soft cry and waited to pretend to ask Maguire for documents later to expose this incident.
A bold assassination.
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outside the station
Edgar flew towards the south according to the route previously agreed with Arthur.
This morning, Arthur had secretly given him a reward so generous that he would never be able to spend it in a lifetime, and also specially arranged for someone in the South District to help him leave Lazein.
He did not question or worry about Arthur's arrangement, because from the time he assassinated Maguire, the two of them were grasshoppers on a rope. Arthur had to ensure his own safety, otherwise he would have to confess if he was caught.
his danger.
Not long after, Edgar, who was out of breath from running, saw ahead of the road. Under the street lights, there were neat rows of cavalry waiting for him.
Is this the person Arthur said was the one who supported him?
It should be.
If it were a normal patrol, they would not block the intersection and remain motionless. These cavalrymen were obviously waiting for them.
"No wonder..." Edgar grinned.
He realized that Arthur was colluding with the people of the Independent Mixer. Otherwise, how could he think of assassinating Maguire with his little means.
It's just that Edgar's smile faded away quickly just a few seconds after it appeared.
"Damn it!" Edgar's hair stood on end, his mind was buzzing, and he turned around and ran away without waiting for a second.
The cavalry team dozens of meters away from him had already raised their guns uniformly a few seconds ago and charged towards him on horseback.
"Edgar! Are you crazy!" Edgar didn't forget to curse himself when he was running for his life. He was so confused when he saw money that he believed that Arthur could guarantee his safety!
It would be strange if he didn't kill himself to silence him!
"Bang!"
"Stop!" the cavalry fired at Edgar.
Edgar knew very well that as long as he stopped, his life would be lost. He ran with all his strength and at the same time raised his gun and shot back indiscriminately.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang!"
After a random shot, the bullets were quickly exhausted.
Edgar decisively threw away the useless iron lump and looked for an alley where he might be able to escape the cavalry.
But before he found the alley, there was a "ta-da-da" sound coming from ahead.
In a moment, another cavalry regiment appeared, blocking his only way of survival.
Ambush!
Arthur is going to die today!
When he was discovered by a patrol on the street and he resisted by firing a gun, it was logical to kill him on the spot!
Edgar stopped, turned to look at the cavalry surrounding him, and roared: "Ah——"
"Bang!"
"Bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Before he could curse Arthur's name, his voice turned into a cry of pain, and then he fell straight into a pool of blood.