369. The Shock of Darbian Kingdom
In the bright royal conference hall, Moro VII's face looked extremely gloomy.
The people attending this time were no longer just the fourteen nobles in the circle of superior nobles, but all the powerful figures in the entire kingdom. Among them were two other powerful dukes except the southern aristocratic factions, as well as commanders and generals from the military affairs department, and even some marquises, earls, and legions of the kingdom corps who are generally recognized as having a prefix of strength in China, as well as the commanders of the legions of the kingdom with certain autonomy, also participated in the meeting.
This is the second time Moro VII has held a meeting of this size since he succeeded to the throne.
And the first time, it was naturally the one that caused the nearly total war when Asuna invaded the Kingdom of Dabiang.
At this time, the atmosphere in the Royal Conference Hall was extremely depressing, and everyone's faces looked very ugly. Many people looked at each other and saw a hint of shock and surprise in each other's eyes. Of course, more people had anger, an extreme anger after being humiliated.
"What do you think about this?" Moro VII was the first to speak to break the half-hour depression and silence in the Royal Conference Hall. His voice seemed a little tired, but the nobles present were not human spirits. They all heard from this fatigue that Moro VII was trying to suppress the anger.
These nobles were not unfamiliar with Moro VII.
In the eyes of the nobles, he was a madman who was very fond of merit, and was almost a gap with the first six Moro kings. However, this seventh generation had a very obvious lack of understanding of himself. He always felt that he was a wise king of rulers, and often fantasized that Dabiang could become one of the seven empires in his hands. But in fact, under the rule of Moro VII, Dabiang, let alone continued to explore, even defending Chengdu seemed to be a little inadequate.
In recent years, in addition to a big defeat at Asuna, several conflicts with the Kingdom of France have also ended in failure.
The Kingdom of France, located in the northwest of the Kingdom of Dabiang, also borders a large area of territory with the Kingdom of Dabiang. Several conflicts broke out mainly concentrated on the northern front, but the nobles on this front were all affiliated with the Northwest noble circle. In the last war with Asuna, the kingdom's northwest noble circle also provided a small amount of reinforcements to the southern nobles, but the facts proved that this was a loss-making transaction, which was also one of the important reasons why the northern front was tight now.
Logically speaking, the northern front is now tight, and Moro VII should provide some reinforcements here.
However, now King Dabiang has devoted almost all his attention to the southern front, and his neglect of the northern front has greatly aroused the dissatisfaction of many nobles in the northwest aristocratic circle.
But no matter how dissatisfied, all the nobles in the Northwest aristocratic circle present today were very clear about the importance of this matter. Although there were not people who were gloating, no one would be stupid enough to put on their faces at this time. They were more thinking about what role they would play in the next kingdom action and how to obtain more benefits.
This is the noble.
"His Majesty the King, I think we should launch a counterattack immediately!" A middle-aged man wearing a military uniform took the lead in responding, "If we do not take action immediately, this will not only damage our country's prestige, but will even trigger a series of other crises."
As for the crisis, this real powerful nobleman did not say it clearly, but all the nobles present were very clear.
In all countries on the Miracle Continent, there is zero tolerance for treason.
In fact, unless it is the surrender of a defeated country, any noble who rebels into another country will cause a strong backlash from the country. In the face of this behavior, the normal practice is naturally to gather the troops of the entire country to launch an attack on the territory of the rebel. In terms of the scale and extent of the war, this is a large-scale war second only to the national war - of course, in many cases, this kind of thing will evolve into a war between the two countries.
Because, as a country that accepts the surrender of the noble, it is naturally impossible to watch the surrender die in such a siege, and they will inevitably increase their troops to the noble's territory. Because if the attack is successful, it will naturally be a very bad reputation for the country that accepts the rebels. Therefore, even if the surrender is not at all concerned about the surrender, it is still very necessary to support it in a manner.
Of course, in most cases, private negotiations are also a means to solve problems.
This is also one of the main reasons why Viscount Dayi's surrender and rebellion did not cause a strong backlash. After all, the Dayi leader was completely captured by Sean, and the southern aristocratic faction in Dabiang also made relatively fierce responses in this matter. Therefore, through domestic news blockade, except for Moro VII, the Boulder family and several other southern aristocratic factions, no one knew that a Viscount named Rud Mickeylin had surrendered to Sean.
However, this time, things were not so easy to solve for the Kingdom of Dabiang.
Because of the rebellion, the Duke of the Agave, one of the five dukes of the Kingdom of Dabion, and the Marquis of Romia, one of the ten powerful marquises.
These two people have absolutely no low status in the Kingdom of Dabiang, so their rebellion will naturally cause shock to the entire Kingdom of Dabiang - not just the shock of the noble circle. Everyone who knows this will be extremely shocked, and of course it is more difficult to understand. How could the duke and marquis of a kingdom rebelled and defected to a principality?
This is simply an incredible thing!
But no matter how incredible this incident is, it really happened.
Therefore, in order to ensure the reputation of the Kingdom of Dabiang or to ensure their noble privileges, they must respond immediately. Even if the Northwest aristocratic circle has any dissatisfaction with Moro VII and even the Southern aristocratic circle, they must actively participate in this matter when they are sensitive, and this matter is not completely unhealthy. After all, the richness of the Agave Gate is obvious to all in the entire Kingdom of Dabiang.
"So how do you think we should fight back?" Moro VII asked again.
This time, even the real powerful nobleman from the Military Affairs Department was a little surprised.
How to fight back?
This is indeed a problem.
The history of the Agave Duke guarding the entire Agave Territory is as long as the founding history of the Kingdom of Dabiang. Even though he suffered a certain degree of damage to the Boulder family's heritage, the entire Boulder family still has nearly 100,000 troops under his command. What is more obvious is that from the very beginning, the Boulder family has been prepared for rebellion. They gave up all the peripheral areas of the entire territory and concentrated all their troops in the core hinterland of the Agave Territory. This means that if they want to attack the Agave Territory or even make the Boulder family history from now on, they must make psychological preparations that can be paid a heavy price.
At this point, it has to be said that the Boulder family is worthy of being the old family standing among the five major dukes of the Kingdom of Dabiang.
Because the closer the area in the core area of the Boulder family, the smaller its resources and value are, but the greater the difficulty of attack, this completely disproportionate proportion naturally makes many nobles not desperately work hard. After all, the nobles are all greedy for profit, and they attack the Tequila more just to maintain the stability of the domestic environment of the Kingdom of Dabiang, so as to safeguard their noble privileges and occupy as much as possible.
That's all.
As for the Dubai family under the Romia territory, this family that has been in alliance with the Boulder family for a long time is also very smart. All members of the entire family have now lived in the Boulder family's manor, so if the Kingdom of Dabiang wants to take the Dubai family first, they also need to face the Boulder family, which has firmly occupied the land and people. As for the 30,000 troops of the Dubai family, they have long been brought to the front line by Bourne Dubai. This also means that if the former Marquis of Dabiang Kingdom is to be eliminated, they must face the two human-shaped demons from Panda and Tonis.
Yes, the Lord of Panda, Sean Connery, was equated with Asuna G. Evans in the eyes of many nobles in the Kingdom of Dabiang.
The Devil from Ryan.
However, unlike the problems that the nobles of Darbiang were worried about, what was really troubled by Moro VII and the entire Military Affairs Department was another problem: Darbiang had lost two elite troops with numbered flags.
The Tequila Army from the Boulder family and the Risky Bear Corps from the Dubai family.
The Kingdom of Dabiang has a total of ten elite troops with the number flags, and the entire southern aristocratic faction in Dabiang occupied four. They are the Tequila Army of the Boulder family, the Risky Bear Corps of the Dubai family, the Mountain Lion Corps of the Howard family and Prince Hodgedi's Scarlet Knights; and five of the other six are the royal family owned by the Royal Guards of the Kingdom of Dabiang, the Third Garrison, the Fourth Legion, the Red Cross Cavalry and the Second Cavalry; and the last one is the Hepson Guards controlled by one of the five dukes of Dabiang and belonging to the Northwest Noble Circle.
But now, the Mountain Lion Army was destroyed, and the Tequila Army and the Risky Bear Army have both defected to the Principality of Ryan. The Scarlet Knights may be able to exert strong combat power under the scale of thousands of people, but their role in large-scale battles is almost zero. What is even more infuriating is that in the front-line battle report that came a few days ago, it was stated that due to the raid from the Dubai family, the Second Cavalry Regiment that occupied Tingqiyin, which was almost devastatingly severely, and also hosted 10,000 soldiers from the Fourth Legion, which means that only four and a half of the ten elite troops of the Dabiang Kingdom remain!
In other words, in terms of military power, the Kingdom of Dabiang has almost no advantage. If we count the high-end combat power of the Holy Land, two of them were severely injured, it can be said that the national strength of the Kingdom of Dabiang has been weakened to an unparalleled level.
"His Majesty the King, the most important question now is how to deal with traitors." Faced with the silence in the Royal Conference Hall, someone finally broke the silence. "We should concentrate our troops to attack the traitors of the Boulders and Dubais. As for the others, we can temporarily put them aside."
"Let it go? How to let it go?" Someone immediately refuted, "On the northern front, the people of the French Kingdom have been ready to move. If the troops are concentrated at this time, they will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the troubled waters. At that time, we may face two-line battles."
"We can temporarily negotiate with the people in the Kingdom of France. It is not impossible to give up something a little, and it is important to give priority to the traitors." Once the topic of discussion unfolds, someone began to join the discussion. "And, the Principality of Ryan is not necessarily united. The Boulders' strength is obvious to all of us. Not all Ryan nobles will welcome them to join. Most importantly, the Millennium Covenant of the Sect Master of Ryan will definitely not allow such a powerful family to join the Principality of Ryan."
"What if the Millennium Covenant is not happy? Now there is a powerful demon entrenched there on the passage between the Millennium Covenant and the Principal of Ryan. No one knows what happened there. Many religious knights went there and went without returning. Now there has attracted the attention of almost all religions on the continent. Even if the Millennium Covenant Empire is dissatisfied with the Principal of Ryan, it will not have time to pay attention to them in a short time. If the Principal of Ryan does not take the opportunity to develop, then they are fools."
"Maybe he's really a fool?"
“Is this possible?”
The discussion soon turned into fierce quarrels, and then gradually became ridiculed by dissidents. The Royal Conference Hall soon became as noisy as the vegetable market. However, although the quarrel and ridicule were very serious, in general, two camps could still be clearly distinguished: one advocated that the whole country should immediately send troops to take down the Agave Leader with a thunderous offensive. The supporters of this camp were basically members of the royalist party and the hawks, reformists, doves and Southeast aristocratic factions of the Ministry of Military Affairs; the other camp advocated that after stabilizing the northern front, gradually eroded the Agave Leader with existing forces, and at the same time, the southern part of Dabiang temporarily stopped the war with the Panda Leader, and instead concentrated their forces to solve the internal worries of the Agave Leader first. The supporters of this political opinion were basically members of the Northwest aristocratic factions and the stable members of the Military Affairs Department.
As for the neutral faction, which occupied the most among the aristocratic class, it became completely chaotic after losing the leader of the Boulder family. They did not centrally unify political views, but had sided in both camps.
However, in these two camps, compared with the second camp, there are two different differences among those who support the political view of launching the nation's troops to attack the Tequila Leader. For example, the Royalist Party, the Hawks, and the Southeast aristocratic factions advocate that while attacking the Tequila Leader, they also declare war on the Principality of Ryan; while the doves and reformists always believe that they should try to contact the nobles in the Principality of Ryan who were hostile to the Boulders and disintegrate their unity from within.
Two political views and three practices gradually became a little irreconcilable in this royal conference hall, which made Moro VII's face gradually become ugly and his brows became tighter and tighter.
"Quiet!" Finally, the unbearable Moro VII roared.
Feeling the anger of Moro VII, the people in the Royal Conference Hall finally began to calm down gradually, and the noisy sound began to gradually disappear until it finally became silent. Most people looked at each other uneasy. This type of people were basically the fence-bearing faction. Because after losing the leadership of the Boulder family, these people didn't know what to say. In order not to be implicated by the betrayed Boulder family, they could only choose to stand at this time.
Only a very small number of people still have a calm face at this moment, and these people are naturally firm supporters of dissent and practices.
Moro VII's eyes swept across the faces of these people one by one, and then finally fell on the face of a relatively young nobleman.
He still remembered that the young nobleman in front of him was now a powerful noble with a high title, especially his ability to train soldiers was said to be one of the best in the entire Dabiang Kingdom. Of course, Moro VII would remember this person because the Boulder family once recommended this person to him in the past, hoping that he could be the leader of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, and he would be responsible for and command the entire Fourth Cavalry Regiment, because he is likely to bring the eleventh honor to the Kingdom of Dabiang Kingdom to the eleventh honor of obtaining the independent number.
However, because of the failure of the battle with the Lord of Panda, the loss of the Lord Chiraf made Moro VII distrust the strength of this young noble. Later, although Boulder still mentioned that he had taken over the Fourth Cavalry Regiment several times, he still did not agree.
Moro VII vaguely remembered that this young nobleman seemed to be named Lonnis.
Lonnis Holder, a powerful marquis.
"Lonnis." Moro VII spoke suddenly.
"Here." Lonnis was slightly stunned. He didn't understand what Moro VII meant to call him at this time, but he still spoke immediately.
"If I hand over the Fourth Cavalry Regiment to you now, how long will it take for you to train this army into an elite army?"
Hearing this, Ronnis was a little stunned, not only Ronnis, but other nobles present were also a little stunned, and they were a little confused about what Moro VII was making at this time. But soon, Ronnis came to his senses. But his brows were frowning: "His Majesty the King, it would be meaningless to hand over the Fourth Cavalry to me now."
"Why?"
"Because under my guidance, the Fourth Cavalry Regiment will take at least one year to become an army that meets the standard definition of "elite". If it is to become a truly elite army, an army that is no less than the Second Cavalry Regiment, or even a comparable army to the Red Cross Cavalry Regiment, then it will take at least more than three years." Ronnis did not feel embarrassed at all, but said with a calm face. "So, it is meaningless whether the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment is me at this time."
Moro VII nodded and said nothing more. Although his expression seemed so calm, Ronnis and several other careful people still captured the disappointment and regret that flashed in Moro VII's eyes. Of course, there was a hint of helpless self-blame. However, the others did not know the reason for this helpless self-blame, but Ronnis knew very well. He knew that His Majesty the King had regretted not following the advice of the old Duke Hatch and let him serve as the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment. Otherwise, at least Dabiang would have an extra elite army to use. He would not fall into the dilemma of not being able to dominate military power at this time.
And at this moment, the iron door of the Royal Conference Hall was suddenly opened.
A messenger broke in.
All the nobles turned their heads to look at the sermon. Many people showed some sympathy on their faces. Because once the Royal Conference Hall is opened, any disturbances are prohibited before the end of the meeting, unless it is an emergency and special situation. However, although the rules are the same, it is usually urgent or not. It is not all Moro VII's final decision. At this moment, Moro VII's mood is obviously very bad. The sermon rashly broke in and his fate can be imagined.
"What's up!"
Sure enough, Moro VII's face immediately became particularly gloomy.
The instructor's heart skipped a beat. He realized that something was wrong. He finally knew why the other instructors were unwilling to come in at this time, but instead assigned the task to him. But since they had already broken in, he obviously had no way out. Instead, it would be better to submit this urgent report from the front to the public. Maybe he could save his life.
"Your Majesty the King, report it urgently!" The messenger immediately handed the so-called emergency report to Moro VII.
In the Kingdom of Dabiang, all urgent reports were marked with red letters, so it was naturally difficult to know anything from the unopened letters. The Second Cavalry Regiment was severely damaged before, and the rebellions of the Boulders and Dubai families were also transmitted back in red letters. Therefore, whether it was a so-called "special emergency situation" was naturally subject to agreement, and only this trusted messenger would break into this royal conference hall without knowing anything.
Moro VII took the letter with a cold snorted, then took out the letter paper inside, and glanced at it quickly.
At first glance, Moro VII did not pay special attention, and he was still thinking about how to vent his anger.
But when he swept some words on the military intelligence, Moro VII's expression became serious.
The second look, he was already very serious about starting from scratch.
But soon, the serious expression on his face changed and he was shocked, and then he began to check the contents on the letter paper repeatedly.
This military intelligence only wrote a few short words, but Moro VII read it repeatedly several times, always feeling that he was dazzled.
After a few minutes, he finally had to believe that it was not that he was dazzled, but that the content on the paper was indeed like this!
PS: Let me say something. The comments about the book review area are not that I don’t want to reply, but that I can’t reply!! It’s so painful. I finally typed it, but I couldn’t post it after clicking and replying. The feeling of collapse is really helpless! So if I see any questions in the future and I want to answer again, I will answer directly here.
Chapter completed!