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Outside the luxurious giant wooden doors of the Imperial Parliament, there is a large row of Rick guards on duty.
The Reich Guard has always been the emperor's personal bodyguard and the most powerful cavalry unit in Brunswick (except for the Brunswick Royal Demi-Gryphon Guard). They are also responsible for serving as the emperor's personal bodyguard and representing the emperor in many situations.
inspection and supervision tasks.
Flowers are blooming and falling again, and this year's Rick's Guard has also recruited many recruits. Most of them are children of great nobles or, there are no shortage of children from knight families and elite military families. Rick's Guard welcomes them with open arms.
For many people, the prerequisite is that they have good military qualities and are absolutely loyal to the emperor.
There is another inner ring organization in the Rick Guards, called the Rick Inner Ring Knights. This group of knights only has thirty to forty people, but they still have strong armor and agility, strong strength and ability to handle things.
excellent ability.
The knights of the inner ring are responsible for isolating the people who approach the emperor and protecting the emperor. They usually hold heavy shields, are equipped with heavy swords, axes and halberds and two-handed giant swords, and wear full-body plate armor that is polished to a mirror-like brightness and decorated with beautiful feathers.
They fight mixedly with other imperial troops, and as flexible heavy infantry who are good at protracted fighting, they perform well in sieges and formation defenses.
Today is the day when the expanded emergency meeting of the Imperial Parliament is held. The knights of the inner ring lined up outside the gate of the parliament, preparing to defend the emperor's palace.
The closest to the gate are two senior Rick's inner ring guards, named Shuler and Waldersey. While they scolded the new recruits of Rick's guards to improve their concentration and energy, they told everyone with a fierce attitude.
, the emperor and the electors are meeting. The only and most important task of the imperial court at present is war.
"War, what war?" Many of the emperor's favorite jesters and noble lords sneered at this. How could there be a war?
In the past two years, the empire has breathed a sigh of relief. After the Badlands and Bafeng Mountains were recovered in the southern Badlands, the threat from the Greenskins has become much smaller. The Badlands Three Guards, Bafeng Mountains, and Haimen Pass form the first cordon.
, the empire can relax a little.
In the east, High King Thorgreen captured Mount Gombard. He threw the last Goblin on Mount Gombard from the cliff with his own hands, and then announced that another grudge had been cleared, and Thorgrim left behind a
An expedition team of 500 people mined Gunbad Peak and successfully returned to Eternal Peak.
Needless to say in the West, after Britannia and the Empire reached the "Tibetan Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance Agreement", the two sides have had very few conflicts and conflicts. The border line has been measured, and both sides have withdrawn their troops many times. Now they only maintain
The army does not exceed a thousand people, which is one-tenth of the previous number. A large amount of military expenses and troops are saved and used in places where they are more needed.
So, the only possibility is the north, but aren't the barbarians going to fight the dark elves?
War? What war?
The Reik Guards were very stubborn. They refused any visitors. Some of the noble lords and high-ranking courtiers who were full of perfume and well-born tried to show off. The Reik Guards drew their weapons to let them know that they were not joking.
But the long meeting still made Rick's guards feel broken. Some recruits couldn't hold up after standing for a long time. Even the strictest inner ring guards felt tired, but they knew they couldn't slack off.
After a while, a general opened the door from inside. It was Rudolf von Lichtenstein. Imperial General and Inner Ring Guard Schuler quickly asked him: "Rudolf, how is the situation?"
"Generally speaking, everyone is aware of the threat of Chaos in the north. Kislev's bunch of bastard piggies did not report such a big situation to us but went to fight with the Chaos bastards on their own.
." Rudolph's voice was very depressed. The imperial general did not close the door tightly and just went out: "That's basically it, there is nothing to keep secret."
Voices came from inside.
"Katarin and her court have just retreated to the territory of Ostermark. She is carrying the wealth of the Tsarist family for thousands of years, but the most elite troops we urgently need have been almost completely lost, and she also brought a large group of palaces with her.
Servants and Boyer nobles, I can hardly find a place to house them." Chancellor of Ostermark, Elector of Bekafen
The extremely irritable and anxious tone of the Emperor Hertwig was extremely clear in the chaotic discussion: "The flow of refugees is impacting the border and putting huge pressure on the defense system. Ostermark needs more reinforcements.
Food support and weapons support, now we need at least 10,000 sets of standard equipment and at least 5,000 tons of food support."
"Our situation is the same." Grand Duke of Osterland, Vamir von Zhukov, also emphasized: "No one expected this to happen. Kislev should have relied on the fortified city to resist and ask for help.
, but I got news that Prague has fallen, the Chaos army has occupied it, and there is no news from Erengrad."
"Impossible!" The Nordic Archduke Theodorik Geisel's voice was both angry and feeble: "I know the strength of Kislev's army. Even if the war fails, the bear cavalry, hussars and
An ace army like the Krim Guards will not disappear so easily. Do you think Kislev is completely finished? I suspect Katalin is conserving her strength and throwing away the burden!"
"Listen, listen, I don't think we should spend time feeling sad for the furries in the north. They may have suffered heavy casualties, but this is better than them turning to Chaos or simply giving up." White Wolf Elector Boris Todd
Bollinger still had his familiar loud voice: "This is not the time to argue about this.
At that time, the empire must unite and immediately start announcing a general mobilization order to recruit all the troops. We will fight to the death with those chaos bastards at the border of the empire. Since they are coming, let them come. In the last Son of Ulric
Until it falls, Middenheim will always stand."
"Stop, stop, friend!" Helmut Feuerbach, Elector of Taraberheim and Grand Duke of Tarabek, stretched out his hand and made a "T" gesture to signal Boris to calm down: "You are
A f**king animal! Brother, please understand, who will give the order? General mobilization? Are you serious? General mobilization casually? I’m afraid this is the end of your life as a grand duke!"
"The situation is still unclear at the moment. General mobilization is really... unrealistic and will cause almost permanent damage to the territory." The Grand Duke of Iverland and the Elector Marius Leitdorf also disagreed with the general mobilization.
: "All provinces have their own problems. We should first send troops to consolidate the defense lines and ensure food support, and then look at the situation. How can you guarantee that this is not an exaggeration by the tsarina to cover up her failure?"
The emperor did not speak, as he seemed not to want to express his opinion so easily.
The voice of Edbrand Ludenhoff, the great baron of Hawkland, was clear and loud: "Hawkerland is trying to mobilize, but we are alone and must get more support, including but not limited to the army.
Equipment, food and gold coins.”
Did Schuller hear everything? The inner ring guards were trying to help the emperor to share his worries.
The empire is now in a very difficult situation. It is now expected that the Chaos army will approach the empire's border in less than two months at the earliest and three months at the earliest. However, the empire is unprepared. Kislev has been devastated by the war, and the empire
The army hasn't even started to be mobilized here yet, after all, the autumn harvest has just ended.
It will take at least three to five weeks to fully recruit a huge army, and it will take six to eight weeks at the fastest to march from the capital to the northern border. So the question is, who will pay for this astronomical amount of military pay and daily consumption?
Huge amounts of military rations?
In the Imperial Parliament, Emperor Karl-Franz was always frowning. He looked at Archbishop Vikmar, who was sitting not far away, trying to gain his support, but Archbishop Vikma was distracted because of other things.
Heart, Luther Hus's situation is very big, justice
One of the church's great chanters, Esme III, is using this incident as an excuse to continue attacking Vicmar, hoping to replace him or achieve the demands of many people in the church - including but not limited to the sale of indulgences and fiefs.
Hereditary and excommunicated Lutherhus.
Vicmar didn't agree with any of these three points, but he knew that his enemies came from within the church. Those regional bishops and cardinals who were still in the field, and there were not a few cardinals who agreed with Esme III, and no one would dislike him.
They have many benefits and benefits, but they absolutely hate responsibilities and obligations.
"We can mobilize on the spot now." Finally, after arguing for a long time, the emperor spoke: "For example, Nord, Ost, and Ost, which are close to the front and are most likely to be attacked,
The troops can be mobilized immediately when the Tmark and Hawke provinces return. As for the southern provinces, including the Reik Territory, we will follow immediately and provide military food and salary support at the same time."
"When can we catch up? How much can we provide? Five hundred kilograms of grain will be provided, and five hundred tons of grain will be provided!" Hertwig reacted fiercely. He banged the table hard, seemingly unaware that he was having an impact on this matter.
How much does a sandalwood antique with a history of more than 300 years cause?
Destruction: "My Majesty, don't make up these lies. Isn't the lesson obvious enough? Slow to respond and do nothing to save people? This is the empire? This is Karl Franz? Enough, I should go to the Butcher's Castle immediately to find the butcher.
His Majesty King Agrim, he is much more reliable than you, Franz!"
"It takes time to raise rations and recruit troops!" the emperor retorted: "Hertwig, I understand your difficulties, and we are already trying to solve them! What else do you want? Otherwise I will not let you come here for a meeting!"
Hertwig also realized that he was anxious, but the military situation was really urgent. Speaker Ostermark was uneasy, so he simply stood up and paced back and forth behind the table.
"Then you should immediately send all the standing armies and garrison troops you have to the north. Now is not the time to care about it!" Geisel, the Grand Duke of Nord (self-proclaimed king) said unhappily: "Also, we need more
Lots of gold coins, those with the heads of emperors and electors on them
...or gold coins with the portraits of the dwarves and the knight king on the other side of the mountain! Elves are also fine. Only with gold coins can we accept our invitation from the noble lords or city councils under our command, as well as the mercenary groups and even the ogre corps.
, fight to defend the empire!”
The emperor's face was ugly. There was still money in his treasury, but nearly half of it was a war loan from the Supreme King. Moreover, there must be a sum of money in the treasury to cover the bottom of the box. There was not much money left to use, and it was impossible to use it anyway.
Satisfy the appetite of these electors. This year's harvest was finally bumper, and the emperor's treasury has a considerable surplus. He also plans to renovate the palace.
At this moment, everyone's voices stopped, and everyone focused on one person.
In the past few years, who has been the richest in the empire?
There is no doubt that it is the ruler of Nuer, the Imperial Baroness Emmanuel von Lebwitz-Bernardino. The biggest beneficiary of the "Tibetan Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance" is Nuer, Emmanuel
Li also became one of the most popular imperial nobles in Britannia because of her special relationship with Ryan.
The Imperial Baroness has not said a word from the beginning to now, but she obviously listened carefully. Behind Emmanuel sat her right-hand men, Marshal Noor Erstein and Justice Noor Theo.
Do-Bruckner, the Imperial Baroness is wearing a full set of Peony-colored Mo Yulin classic hip-hugging skirt today, with a black and gold Baroness cloak on the outside, and a pair of delicate and straight long legs.
Paired with dark red translucent ultra-thin velvet and delicate pantyhose and a pair of nude pointed-toe suede high heels with skull patterns printed on them, her long golden hair was tied up into a big aristocratic lady hairstyle and fixed with an electorate crown.
After becoming the ruler of Nuer for many years, Emmanoli's every move is full of majesty. She can now put huge psychological pressure on people with just one look.
Sensing everyone's gaze, Emmanuel didn't have any smile on her face. The Imperial Countess's heart was already filled with contempt and hatred for the Czarina. She thought for a moment and said: "Nur and Wesson understand that
The empire will provide all the help it can, and I can promise it here, but I need to wait until I return to Nuer to discuss the specific amount with the city council. As for the army, Nuer and the Wesen Territory can immediately send five legions to go north to support them, carrying
Part of the logistics supplies.”
"This is not enough, my ladyship!" Geisel continued to complain: "Everyone knows that you can mobilize at least thirty legions, as well as those steam tanks and Nur armored troops, not one less!"
"The Nur Iron Armored Army has been used to protect you, who will protect me?" Emmanuel said tit for tat: "Nur and the Weisen Territory are not without enemies. In the black mountains in the south, there are still a large number of goblins.
The tribe is entrenched there, and the southern part of Wesen Territory will be attacked by them from time to time!"
"Solland has been taken over by the Alchemy Academy of Gelt. They will solve your problems in the south. You must send your army to the north now, otherwise it will be too late!" Grand Duke of Osterland and Elector of Wolfen
Houvamir shouted angrily: "The army of Chaos may appear at the border of the empire at any time!"
"Stir leads the army patrolling the river and the army guarding Sylvania. None of them can move. On this basis, I will send several legions of soldiers from Utbad, but the logistics and military pay need you to solve it. I
No joke." The Archduke of Stihl, Elector Graf-Alberich Houth-Andersen, was still wearing a shabby fur coat and woolen shirt. He looked more like a beggar than an elector.
"We are asked to send troops, we are asked to mobilize ourselves, and we are asked to provide money and food. How can such a good thing happen?" Crazy Earl Marius Leitdorf, the Grand Duke of Iveyland, also became crazy.
, he yelled: "Who said I won't support you?
Are you here? Who said we won’t provide help? Don’t bully others too much. Orders like general mobilization are given casually? Do you know how much it will cost to manage the territory like this?! Are you all pigs? Don’t want to help now
Just go back!"
"That's enough, shut up! Marius, we are discussing how to face this chaos craze, instead of busy fighting and quarreling!" Karl-Franz banged the small wooden hammer hard, letting the Imperial Council
Everyone quieted down, and the emperor saw that the southern electors did not want to announce general mobilization at this time. They wanted to see how the situation was. The problem was that the northern electors were not like the southern electors.
Wealthy - have enough financial capacity to support their mobilization.
After arguing for a while, the electors had indeed realized the seriousness of this Chaos invasion. The 300,000-strong army on the opposite side waited for no one. The final result of the discussion was that the southern electors would pay for food and supplies first.
A part of the standing army and conscripts will be sent north to support, and the northern electors will mobilize and begin to deploy defenses along the border, preparing to face the tide of destruction in the north.
"Your Majesty, can the empire ask for help from the high elves?" At this time, Nord Grand Duke Geisel asked the emperor.
"I will inform Ambassador Gao Jing." The emperor nodded.
"Your Majesty, I suggest asking the dwarves for help immediately." Marius, the Grand Duke of Aviland, also immediately added.
"I will send a messenger to the High King." The emperor could only say again.
"So, Karl, do we also want to ask for assistance from the Knight Kingdom on the other side of the mountain?" Boris Todbringer, the Grand Duke of Midden and White Wolf Elector, immediately spoke: "The covenant is not signed in vain, right? At this time
If we don’t ask for help, how long will we have to wait?”
"This..." The emperor not only hesitated, but also asked for help from Britannia? Is the empire really in such a difficult time? This is a big favor.