Three hundred and fortieth chapters [Chen's decision]
Chapter 345 [Chen’s decision]
It turned out that after the flood of Warcraft receded, the commander of the Rostock Army immediately recruited a group of death squads and risked their lives to enter the frozen forest to find out the news. At that time, the one hundred elite soldiers recruited were determined to die.
They entered the forest, and when General Rostock said goodbye to them, his order was "Go as far as you can!".
Everyone knows that without the strength of a magician and an intermediate or above warrior, entering the frozen forest is purely a risky act of suicide. The frozen forest is full of magical beasts, and you must beware of those secretly bloodthirsty monsters day and night.
Guys. Fortunately, this team of suicide squads entered the forest all the way to the north. Along the way, not to mention the monsters, not even a shadow could be seen! Those monsters seemed to retreat into the forest overnight.
They all disappeared or hid underground!!
The journey along the way was so peaceful that these soldiers, who originally thought they were here to die, almost mistook this adventurous journey for tourism!
It was so peaceful! Along the way, only one soldier accidentally sprained his foot. Other than that, they did not encounter any danger. Soon, they actually arrived at Da Yuan, which is known as the "Terminal Station for Adventurers"
lake!
All idiots know that the Great Round Lake cannot be crossed. However, because of General Rostock's order to "go as far as you can" and the unusual calmness the past few days, these soldiers simply went around the Great Circle.
Lake, keep going north!
Soon, a few days later, they reached the northern end of the frozen forest!!
When they reached the north end, these soldiers almost thought they were dreaming!
For thousands of years, countless powerful knights, warriors, and magicians have been unable to reach places, and countless "dangerous areas" that strong masters cannot cross, but they allow ordinary soldiers like me to complete it so easily!
!!
And... there are still zero casualties!!!
To the north of the forest is a flat ice field, stretching as far as the eye can see. At this time, the leading officer of these soldiers made a decision: "Continue going north!"
However, to be cautious, the officer made a smart order: half of the people stayed where they were, and the other half continued north.
As a result, this order saved the lives of fifty soldiers and prevented them from being wiped out.
Right under the eyes of the fifty soldiers left behind. The other fifty soldiers had just walked onto the ice field and had not yet walked out of sight... which was only a few hundred meters away. A huge figure suddenly appeared in the originally calm sky.
The storms and whirlpools! The strong wind blew the soldiers on the ice sheet to stagger!
At this time, if Du Wei were here, he would definitely tell them: Don't make any resistance and turn back immediately!
Unfortunately, these soldiers who stepped into the ice field made the most wrong choice: they took out a low-level magic scroll given by a magician consultant in the legion when they came. This is a defense
A little magic of nature.
But unfortunately, it was this magic that killed them!
The first moment this small magic scroll was released, it immediately triggered a soft light, blocking the surrounding strong wind. But before these soldiers could cheer, the next moment...
The next moment, under the eyes of the soldiers standing at the edge of the forest, the storm in the sky suddenly became ten times more violent as if triggered by this small magical light! A huge vortex, sandwiched between
With countless wind blades visible to the naked eye whizzing down like a meat grinder, that little defensive magic was destroyed in an instant! And the fifty soldiers inside were almost fifty in one breath.
The soldiers were all cut into pieces by countless wind blades!!!
Just under everyone's eyes, the whirlwind roared down, followed by a bloody mist. After looking again, only broken corpses were left on the ground!
This scene was too scary. It took a while for the remaining people to recover. The officer who led the team was somewhat knowledgeable and immediately recognized it: "There must be a powerful magic circle here."
In this case, they did not dare to send people forward to die, so they could only retreat all the way.
Who would have thought that in the frozen forest, there was no danger all the way back and forth, but when we walked out of the frozen forest, half of the people were suddenly lost.
Soon, the fifty surviving soldiers who came back fully reported their experience to the commander of the army, General Rostock, and General Rostock immediately wrote an urgent military letter in his own hand and passed the matter to the imperial capital. Before
Because of the raging Warcraft, the military has sent people to the north as quickly as possible. In the base camp of the Northern Storm Legion, a special magic array has been set up. Using this magic array, the military can directly control the situation as quickly as possible.
Passed to the Imperial Capital. It must be said that this is also the result of the military receiving a lot of magical support since the establishment of the Imperial Magic Academy.
"There are no monsters in the frozen forest...the north is an ice field...and there is a huge natural magic circle that cannot be passed..." Prince Chen thought carefully for a while after getting this military information.
It can be said that it was this military intelligence that laid the final nail in Prince Chen's determination!
Because, during the previous visit of the Pope, during the conversation with him, the Pope once talked about the huge natural magic circle in the north of the frozen forest.
"This is the last barrier given to us humans by the great goddess..." These were the original words of the Pope at the time.
And now judging from the military situation of the Storm Legion, this is obviously true!
Well, the Pope didn't lie...disaster is indeed coming.
Bang!!
Prince Chen punched the table hard, and then, with a gloomy look on his face, the young monarch saw a ball of flame coming out of his fingertips, and soon burned the urgent military message to ashes.
In the afternoon of that day, the important ministers of the imperial capital, who had been surprised by the sudden meeting between the Pope and the Regent, suddenly received a summons from the palace at the same time just after having afternoon tea, and the palace envoys brought the Regent.
Following His Royal Highness's order, we immediately went to the palace to discuss matters.
When the old prime minister Rob Schell, the finance minister Munez, Camisillo, who is about to step down as the head of the Public Security Bureau, and Count Villa, etc...
More than a dozen dignitaries who hold great power in the empire came to the palace.
What surprised them was that this meeting was not a secret meeting gathered in His Royal Highness the Regent's study or in a small hall like in the past.
The palace attendant responsible for welcoming them led the way and took these important ministers to the "Holy - Thorn Flower - Brilliant" hall in the palace.
This hall is the largest hall in the entire palace, and it is also the place with the oldest history. More than 960 years ago, it was in this hall that the founding emperor announced the Roland Empire to his elite generals who had fought hundreds of battles.
Two hundred years ago, when the Augustinian dynasty was revived, the emperor's enthronement ceremony was held here. The Northwest War decades ago and the subsequent first Southeast Asia expedition were also publicly announced here by Augustine VI.
"War Order".
It can be said that this is a place of great significance to the Roland Empire...
"It seems like something big happened."
When all the important officials and ministers were brought to this place, they had this thought in their minds at the same time.
When they walked into the main hall and saw the golden-armored warriors standing on both sides of the main hall, and then saw the regent sitting high on top, their extremely gloomy expressions further confirmed their suspicion.
Sure enough, when the dozen or so core bosses of the empire all sat down, Prince Chen, the regent of the empire, spoke:
"I have invited everyone here today to announce my decision." The Prince Regent stood up, his eyes cold and heavy, and slowly swept across the audience: "Prime Minister of the Empire, Acting Minister of Military Affairs, Rob Schell.
"
The old prime minister immediately took a few steps forward and bowed slightly.
"Issuing the Thorn Flower Emperor's Order!" Prince Chen's voice was low and slow, word by word echoing in the hall: "...To expand the army by two hundred thousand, in accordance with the standards of the Empire's main battle legion, the Prime Minister Rob Schell is ordered to act as Minister of Military Affairs
, Camisillo, the commander of the Imperial City Public Security Bureau, was granted the title of baron, and was given the rank of third-class general of the empire. Finance Minister Munez was in charge of the finances. The four theaters of the empire were recruiting reserves at the same time, for one year... no, half a year! Half a year.
Within, I want to see a new imperial main battle legion!"
Robschael shuddered and looked at the face of the regent. He wanted to say something, but he shut his mouth. Why? Didn't he just make a decision about the northern affairs a few days ago? He just mobilized southern troops.
? Why did you suddenly decide to expand the army?
God, this is a whole main battle legion!!
However, the Minister of Finance trembled, and his old face was wrinkled. Suddenly he gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and said loudly: "Your Highness, I object!!"
The regent's gloomy eyes glanced at Old Munez: "Reason?"
"No money." The Chancellor of Finance looked at the Prince Regent with all his strength. Today, the old guy felt that His Highness's aura was particularly majestic and impressive.
"Hmph." Prince Chen sneered: "Munez, here's the order... Starting from today, the eight southern provinces, excluding the two provinces affected by the snowstorm, there are also... four southeastern provinces, four northern provinces, and three northwest provinces... taxation