When Lux and the first and seventh series of mages arrived outside Xiongdu City, it had been some time since the Plain Walkers had annihilated the Xiongdu Vanguard Army.
Until Lux and the Archon arrived at the gates of Xiongdu City, the garrison of Xiongdu did not receive any news - not because they were not careful enough in martial law, but because Lux and the Archon simply came through the Shadow Realm.
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That's right, Lux, who had already planned it, took the Archon and walked to the Shadow Realm again after many years. With the support of Shyvana in Xiongdu, they successfully arrived at the predetermined location.
Spellcasters themselves have mobility that far exceeds that of ordinary people. Although they cannot run fast, on a long enough spatial scale, the advantages of light logistics and shortcuts possessed by casters are enough to allow them to show far superiority to others at critical moments.
Mobility of all arms.
Take this maneuver from Fosbarrow to Xiongdu as an example.
If you are not a spellcaster, if you want to travel through the Shadow Realm, you will always face the all-pervasive negative energy erosion. After the journey, an extraordinary person will be exhausted.
And if you don't have the level of a transcendent, then traveling through the Shadow Realm requires someone to continuously apply BUFFs to dispel and neutralize negative energy, and the consumption of magic power is unimaginable.
If you don't go to the Shadow Realm, even if there are only 200 people, the supplies needed along the way will be enough to cause a headache. This scale of supplies can no longer be solved by carrying them with you, and once there are special transportation vehicles, cities and checkpoints along the way
The soldiers are not fools either.
Taking the water route looks good, but the problem is that even if the river fleet completely occupies the water control, they will not have the ability to land. After realizing that his navy cannot compare to Forsbarrow's river fleet, Jarvan IV ordered the ships to stay in
In the port, shore defenses should also be strengthened - even though the small cannons of the river fleet can easily take down the small sampans of the Demacia navy, facing the heavy trebuchets in the port, no matter how advanced the small-caliber cannons are, they are far from powerful enough.
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As for flying...
The scale of Fosbarrow's air force is still very small. The Dragon Bird has perfectly inherited the elemental dragon's difficulty in reproducing and its long reproductive cycle. More than ten years is not enough for Fosbarrow to form a large-scale air force.
Therefore, only by taking advantage of the spellcaster and traveling through the Shadow Realm can Lux rush directly from Forsbarrow to the capital in a short time!
The only pity is that not all mages are capable of resisting the erosion of the Shadow Realm. In the end, Lux could only bring the first and seventh series to the gates of Xiongdu City.
The combat effectiveness of more than 200 spellcasters is quite astonishing, but without other support, it is still impossible to capture the capital.
But... Lux never thought about taking over the capital from the beginning. In her plan, this would be a journey to change homes, but not exactly.
From Lux's perspective, she didn't know Tariq's location at this time.
Although the remaining silent people in Xiongdu are all waste to her, it is undeniable that they also possess a "source of magic that looks like a fragment of the world's runes."
In addition, the Moon Sect and the Burning Sun Sect have also set up strongholds in Xiongdu. Lacus is not sure what they contain. In addition, there are still many garrison troops staying in Xiongdu. Lux has more than 200
An individual's scale is destined to be untenable in Xiongdu.
Occupation is impossible.
However, there is a good chance of making trouble.
Previously, the harassment of the river fleet in the Melan River Basin forced Jarvan IV to give up water transportation. Now, Lux plans to give the capital a little harassment and a little shock from Forsbarrow.
Lux has already read Heike's report.
Many of these judgments are in Lux's heart - including the part where it is best to avoid a head-on confrontation between the Northern Walkers and the Heroic Capital Front.
However, when he received the report, Jarvan IV had already become cautious. Seeing that he began to adopt the same attitude as during the Battle of Tobitsia, he rested on the spot in Pinara City, hoarded supplies, and put on a good show.
Lux felt a little bit of a headache from fighting such a stupid fight.
She really didn't want to attack Pinara City unless it was absolutely necessary. In her opinion, the best way to fight was for Jarvan IV to take the initiative.
But...how to get Jarvan IV to take the initiative?
After thinking about it, Lux believed that it would be difficult to implement the strategy of luring the enemy. The best way would be to exert political pressure to force Jarvan IV to take the initiative.
Thinking along this line of thinking, Lux soon came up with an idea: If the capital city was attacked, could Jarvan IV still be able to leisurely linger here?
I have to say that when Lux is thinking about problems now, she has become more and more similar to Kalya.
In this way, when the two sides were in a standoff on the north and south banks of the 102 Canal, and neither seemed willing to take the initiative, Lux took the first and seventh sequence of Dharma Protectors through the Shadow Realm and quietly arrived outside the capital city.
As the most important political and commercial city in the entire central and southern Demacia, although the scale of the war is expanding, the capital has not yet entered a state of control.
In this city that Lux was very familiar with, the city gates were still wide open to welcome people coming and going. Compared with usual, there were more soldiers at the city gate checking people coming in and out, and their attitude was just a little stricter.
Very good, this is what we want.
After confirming safety, Lux and the Law Enforcers quickly started this special military operation as a team of ten people - that afternoon, twenty-three noble manors inside and outside Xiongdu City caught fire, and all the bonds of the manor owners were burned to the ground.
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Subsequently, a conclusive list of the dead spread throughout the streets, and rumors spread that Jarvan IV had suffered a disastrous defeat in the north and was now trapped in the city of Pinara.
Then, after Silence and the Demon Searchers were dispatched together to search the entire city, the eagerly awaited soldiers and civilians of Xiongdu did not see even a single captured thief - in the end, there were only a few gossips who liked to spread gossip.
Han was executed on charges of collaborating with the enemy.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As a last resort, Xiongdu was forced to declare martial law. At the same time, the garrison regiment remaining in Xiongdu also sent idle manpower to expand the scope of the search.
Naturally, the result is still nothing.
Because at this time, Lux and the Dharma Master had entered the Shadow Realm again and returned to Forsbarrow.
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The scale of the chaos in Xiongdu was not large. It seemed that only twenty-three noble families had lost their money.
However, for the political situation in Xiongdu, which was already in a state of stagnant water, this chaos seemed to have dropped a depth bomb, igniting the anxiety of the nobles.
For the nobles who did not know the situation on the front line, the enemy's coming and going freely gave them a huge sense of crisis. After some quarrels, the noble council finally decided to send a special envoy to talk to Jarvan IV.
We surrendered all our troops, so Your Majesty, you should protect our safety, right?
Now the enemies have come to Xiongdu to run wild, this is not a problem!
And this is what Lux hopes to see - Jarvan IV, who has consolidated military power, has the greatest weakness the safety of other nobles. If the safety of other nobles is threatened, then he will bear great political pressure!
Before Jarvan IV gathered military power, the safety of nobles in various places depended on their own abilities, especially those on the border. If they were unlucky, they would have to take care of themselves.
But now, Jarvan IV annexed the private armies of the nobles, and later banned the private armies of the nobles. Although this allowed him to completely control the promotion channels of the Demacians and consolidate military power, he also had one more
additional responsibilities.
If you are capable, Jarvan IV, you will not care about the life or death of the nobles and continue to be a tortoise here!
So, can Jarvan IV not care whether the nobles live or die?
The answer is no.
Even though Jarvan IV knew that many nobles were bastards and only wanted to cause trouble, if he wanted to rule the huge Demacia Empire, he was destined to rely on these bastards in many ways.
Without the nobility, how could Jarvan IV rely on to achieve his rule?
Speaking more broadly, doesn't it depend on your status as a "noble leader" for the Lightshield family to become the royal family of Demacia?
To maintain the status of the nobility is to maintain the status of the royal family!
The conflict between the nobility and the royal family is the internal conflict of the ruler!
When the special envoy of the Noble Council arrived at Pinara, and then tactfully expressed the dissatisfaction of the Noble Council to Jarvan IV, His Majesty the Emperor remained calm on the surface, but in fact he was already scolding in his heart.
Aren’t the people from Forsbarrow clearly disgusting you?
If they were really as awesome as the messenger said, why didn't Xiongdu suffer any substantial damage at all?
This kind of unflattering harassment is just like assassination, which was once the favorite of Noxians. It's all about scheming!
However, due to the previous series of actions by Jarvan IV to centralize power, Lux's scheming seemed completely unsolvable at this time.
What can Jarvan IV do?
Write an open letter and tell all the nobles that saying Lux is contrary to the honor of the nobles. She is completely on the side of the common people. Don't be deceived by them?
It sounds like a good idea, but last time Jarvan IV wrote an open letter and gained the support of the whole country to defeat the Noxians, the nobles lost their private army.
Embarrassing, very embarrassing.
What's even more embarrassing is that compared to Jarvan IV, Lux seems to have a higher political credibility. If she hadn't made a rebellious move and put the nobles on trial, many nobles might even be at odds with each other...
For a moment, Jarvan IV felt a little numb.
If you continue to confront the Northern Walkers, your logistics pressure will increase. However, due to the limitations of Demacia's system, the logistics of the counter-rebellion army relies heavily on the cooperation of the nobles. If the confrontation continues, the dissatisfaction of the nobles will gradually accumulate.
If Lux makes another move, an embarrassing situation that is unsustainable may arise.
When the noble council came up with a resolution to "abandon the Northern Territory and lead the army back to protect it", Jarvan IV was not surprised at all.
And if you give up the confrontation with the Northern Walkers and take the initiative to attack, although you can show your sincerity and gain the support of the Noble Council, it will be quite disadvantageous militarily. If you take the initiative to attack the plateau, you will also have to face the people who are waiting for work.
The enemy, Jarvan IV, does not think he can win easily.
For a moment, Jarvan IV seemed to be in a bit of a dilemma.
Even vaguely, he was a little envious of Lux - she had created such a huge battle in the north, and there were no obvious internal conflicts. How come the noble council on his side didn't understand His Majesty the Emperor at all?
What about hard work?
Then, just when Jarvan IV had a headache, the advisory elders of the Sun Sect and the Bright Moon Sect came together for a rare occasion.
These two were "special advisors" specially invited by Jarvan IV to get to know Plainswalker.
After learning some information about the Plainswalkers, Jarvan IV launched targeted training in Pinara, and then the two special advisors had no tasks.
Originally, Jarvan IV thought that they had left, but what he never expected was that not only did these two people not show up, but they also came together and actively requested to see him.
The confused Jarvan IV met with the two elders, and then, in their mouths, Jarvan IV, who was troubled by the euphemistic request of the special envoy of the Noble Council, unexpectedly received a document that looked very much like that.
plan.
The plan is not complicated.
The Sun Sect and the Moon Sect are willing to participate in countering the rebellion by bringing their own dry food, but as a price, they need to preach freely in Demacia, and the royal family and nobles cannot interfere with the power of preaching.
"It's like the Illuminati."
When Jarvan IV heard this, he was undoubtedly deeply moved.
The Illuminati was barely supported by Jarvan IV after a lot of effort. It was an organization that competed with the nobles for power at the grassroots level. Jarvan IV personally served as the cardinal, thus opening up another track and wresting it from the hands of the noble council.
gained a lot of power.
If the Sect of the Sun and the Sect of the Moon could be the same as the Illuminati...
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Jarvan IV calmly asked his question.
"The Illuminati is quite experienced in this regard. If that's the case, then why don't the Sun Sect and the Moon Sect follow the local customs, join the Illuminati, become part of the Illuminati, and enjoy the rights of the Illuminati?"
According to the wishes of Jarvan IV, the Solar Sect and the Lunar Sect can definitely join the Illuminati and become part of the Illuminati. In this way, you have whatever rights the Illuminati has, whether it is freedom of preaching or non-interference in preaching.
Whether you want to build churches freely in various places, you must follow the Illuminati!
However, after all, the Sun Sect and the Moon Sect are not the Illuminati who can only rely on the royal family. Faced with the proposal of Jarvan IV, they firmly stated that we are different from the Illuminati and must not be included in such an organization.
In the end, after some back and forth, the two parties took a step back and reached a consensus - after all, the Sun Sect and the Bright Moon Sect are organizations that bring their own dry food. It is indeed not right to join the Illuminati. If joining is not possible, let's merge.
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Taking the intersection of the sun and the moon as twilight, and the brightness of the light as light, following the Great Reconciliation of the Century, the Sun Sect, the Moon Sect, and the Illuminati merged into one to form the Twilight Church!