Chi Aotian, Su Wen, and Qu Jianhong didn't say anything. All three of them were sure of one thing: even if they broke the three heads in the meeting hall, they would never be able to guess what happened.
Pu Chengjin, a cadre of the young mercenary group who came in, fumbled for a letter from his arms. The cover of the letter was wrinkled and completely wet with sweat.
The young man held the letter and hesitated for a long time. Finally, he handed the letter directly to Su Wen in front of Chi Aotian.
Now, the three senior officers are even more stupid! What does this bastard want to do?
Whether from the perspective of the officer structure of the expeditionary force or the original structure of the small mercenary regiment, this letter should not be given to Su Wen! Su Wen is an outsider!
You must know that in the history of the small mercenary group, Chi Aotian was the first captain of the Wild Eagle Swordsman Battalion. The mercenary boy in front of him was really one of the first batch to join the Wild Eagle Swordsman Battalion.
Under such a premise, the letter was handed over to Su Wen. What does this mean? What needs to be carried on Chi Aotian's back?
Su Wen tore open the cover of the envelope and found a page of letter paper inside. It contained only a few dozen words and could be scanned at a glance.
The 20-year-old soldier from the Northern Federation scanned it all at a glance. The thin letter paper trembled into pieces. Beads of sweat the size of soybeans fell down his forehead, and no color could be seen on his face.
Qu Jianhong was puzzled. It was announced just now that Tayang fell off a 100-meter cliff and his life or death was unknown. Su Wen did not show such an intense performance. What on earth is going on?
Just as the young general was thinking, Su Wen raised his head and looked at Chi Aotian and then at Qu Jianhong. He seemed to have made up his mind and handed the letter, which was already wet with sweat, to Qu Jianhong.
Ah? This time, Qu Jianhong was completely shocked! Instead of giving it to the general, he handed it to himself?! What on earth happened?
Every word on the letter paper is very large. It can be seen that the sender's hand was shaking when he wrote the letter, and every stroke was messy. However, he still wrote clearly what he meant. The content is as follows:
"There was a mutiny in Jielin. It is reported that the chief marshal of the empire, Prince Chi Datong, announced that he would support Prince Tiedou as the new emperor." The signature was the Jielin Council of the Small Mercenary Group.
There was a buzz in Qu Jianhong's head, his vision suddenly went black, and he almost fell over.
"Master, old marshal... why are you doing this?" Qu Jian, one of Chimen's retainers, had his mouth split red, tears welling up in his eyes, and he almost stopped crying.
Why support a new emperor? According to imperial law, this is the "heinous crime of treason"! No matter what the reason is, no matter what the interface, from princes and grandsons to the common people of the empire, as long as they are guilty of treason, all titles will be taken away.
In the end, the lightest punishment for any participant is to be executed by execution.
As Qu Jianhong said, Marshal Chi Datong said, "Why bother?"
Since Emperor Hongshi came to the throne, he has repaired the hostile relations with the empires for many years externally; internally, he has rectified officialdom, lowered tax rates, developed commerce, and cultivated his health. The development of the empire in the past 20 years is obvious to all, and Emperor Hongshi has done a really good job.
Damn, isn't it obvious at a glance how much fat the residents have added to the pot that can be stuffed into a child's mouth?
20 years ago, the Empire was the largest military power in the Pancontinent. 20 years later, whether in terms of economic strength, combat readiness strength or comprehensive strength, the Empire was the largest power in the Pancontinent with double, triple or quadruple materials. If there had not been this Pancontinental
In the war, if the family thieves hadn't colluded with the Fanos army to conquer Scambrai, Red Stone would never have been able to escape the title of the First Emperor of the World a hundred years later.
To take a step back, even if the Red Stone Emperor lost more than 40% of the territory of Eminor Continent, even if the Red Stone Emperor disgraced his ancestors, he still could not engage in a mutiny in the face of millions of powerful enemies! This principle...
Your Excellency, the Marshal, should know better than anyone else. You don't need to be beaten by others, but you mess up your position first, and start a ping-pong fight between several battle zones. Isn't this... self-destroying the city wall?
Taking a step back, even if the Red Stone Emperor is stupid and incompetent, then... the Red Stone Emperor is also the nephew of the old Marshal! Prince Tiedu does not have such a close blood relationship! The Marshal must be confused! What is going on at this juncture?
Just destroy the relatives!
Qu Jianhong was very close to Chi Aotian, and the dragon knights had good eyesight. When Qu Jianhong read the letter, Chi Aotian could see it more clearly than Qu Jianhong.
As usual, there was no change at all from Chi Aotian's pupils to his expression to his slender and strong fingers... It was as if he had never seen the letter at all.
"Alas... Mr. Old Marshal, this is the annihilation of relatives for righteousness... The annihilation of relatives for righteousness... What a righteous annihilation of relatives..." Su Wen sat aside and muttered stupidly. Lord Tong Shuai, the deputy of the expeditionary force, took off his machete from his waist and pointed it at Chi, the commander of the expeditionary force.
Aotian walked away.
"What are you going to do?!" What surprised the three senior officers again was that Pu Chengjin, a cadre of the small mercenary group who had obviously had other intentions just now, immediately pulled out his long sword to protect Chi Aotian.
"I am killing my relatives for the sake of justice, of course I am killing my relatives for the sake of justice!" Su Wen waved the scabbard with a look on his face: "I am killing my relatives for the sake of justice and safeguarding the royal power. I am not avenging my personal vengeance because of the bad intentions of Chi Hanfeng. Now take him down.
Qu Xiaozi, do you think the two of us can make up for it?"
The more Su Wen explained, the softer his voice became, and the less confident he became. Finally, he glared at the Crazy Eagle Swordsman: "You little bastard, how dare you fight with your elders? Get out of here. What are you so worried about now? How did you do that just now?"
You handed me the evidence of treason?"
Pu Chengjin burst into tears at that moment. The 18-year-old boy pointed at Su Wen with his long sword, rubbed his tears with his sleeves, and cried out: "Then...then...what should I do? I'll go find Chang first."
Captain Qing... Wow
...He is not in the camp. According to the regulations, I...can't hand this kind of letter directly to the deputy commander. Wu...wu...you can't touch the deputy commander, otherwise...I will fight with you...
Deputy leader, go quickly and go find Brother Amy."
After such a big mess, this young man had a very clear mind. He went to find Chang Qing first. Chang Qing went out to complete the mission. All the mid-level and above officers in the Wild Eagle Swordsman Battalion left the camp for business, and it was impossible to find someone to discuss it with.
. Then I went to the meeting hall and saw that among the three officers, Chi Aotian was the grandson of Marshal Chi Datong, and the Qu family was a retainer of the Chi family. The only one left was Su Wen, a veteran of the Northern Federation, and I could only hand the letter to him.
.
"Cough, cough..." Qu Jianhong coughed twice, then waved his hand to Su Wen and said feebly: "Stop making noises. Speaking of which, I must have the obligation to remind you that the crime of treason has many consequences."
Clan, these ten clans, in addition to the usual nine clans, include retainers and subordinates. Have you ever served under General Chi Hanfeng? Have you ever served under General Chi Aotian? Don't glare at me, go and overturn the empire yourself
law."
Sigh... Su Wen let out a long sigh and threw the long sword that had not been unsheathed heavily on the ground: "If I had known this, I should have listened to my father's advice. Why bother to go to the Xueyue Army to be a fire-fighting soldier...
Back then, instead of looking at the majesty of the Cavaliers, if I had been drafted into the Glacier Infantry Brigade, I think... I would never have ended up in the situation of being implicated today."
"Then... what should we do now?" Qu Jianhong was young after all, and Ta Yang, the backbone of the expeditionary force, died mysteriously. When encountering such a thing, he had no idea. Only at this time did Qu Jianhong and Su Wen deeply understand
Ta Yang's good, if Ta Yang were still standing here, the old guy would probably spit a mouthful of thick phlegm onto the wall, and spit out contemptuously: "It's such a big deal, it's not surprising." Then he immediately found many kinds of things.
The solution is for Chi Aotian to choose.
"Okay." Chi Aotian finally spoke. "I am still in charge here..."
Chi Aotian stood up, took the letter from Qu Jianhong's hand, folded it into a square, stuffed it into the envelope, and handed it back to the Crazy Eagle Swordsman Qu Chang: "Take this letter with you.
Go to Amy and tell him that I will report to the small mercenary group in 2 months at most.
Headquarters is approaching. As for the matter in this letter, please find out the truth and deal with it as appropriate. You should leave now. Remember, Captain Amy, who you went to see immediately after getting this letter, did not come to Vatican City.
None of the three of us have met you. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" The young man saluted, wiped away his tears, quietly pushed open the door of the meeting hall, and quickly disappeared.
"As for us..." The second young master of the Chi family then returned to his seat: "We didn't see anyone just now. We are still here preparing to launch a general attack on the Fanos Alliance Army."
"Then...should we send someone to contact the head of the Tongyunguan family as soon as possible?" Qu Jianhong is very worried about such a big matter. It is possible that Marshal Chi Hantong doesn't know about it at all. If Marshal doesn't know, then he himself
Of course, it is impossible for the family to know the news. Many times, caring leads to chaos.
Chi Aotian glanced at Qu Jianhong: "I have already said that we have not seen the letter. Now... the arrow has left the string, please don't be distracted anymore." Such words were said by Chi Aotian.
When it came out, it was already very heavy!
Su Wen kicked Qu Jianhong with his heel. The handsome young officer shook his head helplessly and slowly sat on the chair like an old man.
The general is right. The current expeditionary force has scattered more than 10,000 soldiers within a 100-mile radius of the Huayu Plain. The larger number is about 1,000, and the smaller number is only one or two people acting alone. Now
, even if something big happens
It is necessary to implement the established steps according to the established time. Any negligence or problem in any link will be a disaster for the expeditionary force. Even the desert empire that has just escaped from the shadow of the Holy See will be destroyed.
The slap returned to its original shape.
Su Wen closed the door of the conference hall again and slowly returned to his seat. Nothing happened just now. No news was sent here, whether it was Tayang or Chi Datong.
Around 19:00 in the evening on January 30, Spring, Year 7 of the Magical Calendar, the wind picked up.
The icy north wind crossed the desert and invaded the Huayu Plain with dry chill. That night, the temperature dropped by more than 10 degrees Celsius, and the south bank of the Fanshui River began to freeze.
The expeditionary force in Vatican City was better off. After all, there was a city wall to block the wind, and some houses in the city were not completely destroyed. They set up tents and lit fires, and the soldiers were still sleeping soundly.
The Fanos Alliance Army camping in the wilderness did not have such good luck. The insulation effect of the tents could not be compared with that of the houses. The howling cold wind quickly penetrated the two layers of armor of the soldiers. The soldiers from the Fanos continent
The soldiers wrapped themselves in all the clothes they could find. Even so, they were still shivering from the cold.
"Isn't it said that the temperature difference in the Huayu Plain is very small throughout the year? How can it be so cold?" Norton even specifically asked His Majesty the Pope for advice on this matter.
"Oh, this kind of weather is relatively rare. In my memory, in the past 30 years, the climate has only been so cold for three or four years at most. But, fortunately, it will be February 2 soon. After the dragon raises its head, the Flower Language Plain
The temperature will rise quickly, and it will only take three or four days. You don't need to worry about this..." His Majesty the Pope knew that Norton was worried that the bad weather would cause unnecessary attrition of soldiers: "Old people always say 'late spring cold',
This time I can count on seeing it.”
"Oh." Norton breathed a sigh of relief: "I have always been worried whether such weird weather was caused by the ice magician on Xilin Island. If you say so, I can rest assured."
"Haha, your Excellency, you are overthinking. Let alone one ice mage. Even if there are ten ice mage, it is impossible to cover a hundred miles radius with ice magic." If the other party really has such a powerful mage, this
There was no need to fight the war. Given time, such a powerful magician could cover the enemy's camp with several large forbidden spells and directly determine the outcome. His Majesty the Pope did not say this.
"Good night, Your Highness." Norton bowed deeply and left.
On February 1st, Spring, Year 7 of the Magical Calendar, the howling north wind was still raging in the wilderness, but fortunately, after the red sun rose, the temperature increased rapidly, and the ice in the Fanshui River had disappeared without a trace before noon.
No trace left.
Around 2 p.m., a large herd of sheep appeared outside the south gate of the Thirteenth Legion of the Holy Holy See's Camp of the Fanos Alliance Army. Behind the sheep, two ox carts were swaying, and a man was sitting diagonally on the ox cart in front.
Coachman.
"Oh...oh...left...drive..." The owner of the cart swung his four-meter-long whip in the air, and immediately drove the sheep and cattle cart towards the south gate of the camp.
"Who is it? Stop! If you take one more step forward, we will fire our bows and arrows!" The soldiers on the wall shouted at the boss of the car, which made the boss tremble in fright and he quickly got out of the car with his legs flat.
He jumped down. When he came down, his legs and feet were still weak. Gudong dropped a dog on the ground and chewed dung, causing the soldiers on the earth wall to burst into laughter.
"Soldiers, don't fire your arrows! I heard that the soldiers won the battle and will soon annihilate the damn Aotian Army of Chi Bandits. I came here specially to send condolences to the soldiers." Boss Che didn't even dare to get up.
He rolled under the car, holding on to his felt hat, shivering and shouting.
The soldiers on the earthen wall looked at Boss Che's fear of death, and all of them suddenly gained infinite courage.
"You're not a spy, are you? How do you know we won the battle?"
"Of course we all know. Two red archbishops passed by our town a few days ago and told everyone that the soldiers had surrounded the bastards like Chi Aotian in a city. They would soon conquer the city and kill those bastards.
Take them all alive to avenge us. Poor...my legs...if it weren't for these..." The car owner started crying as he spoke, with runny noses and tears, and he kept slapping his own legs.
Left leg.
"What's wrong with your leg?" the soldier on the earth wall asked, while sending someone to inform his immediate subordinate, the Thousand People Commander.
"This is a long story to say, ugh..." The boss of the car lay under the car and cried loudly. It took him a long time to stop crying with the comfort of the soldiers. It happened that the 6,000th leader of the 13th Army also came to the earth wall.
: "Xiaomin, I was originally a resident of the southern part of the Holy See. A year ago, Chi Aotian and those fierce
Evil gangsters suddenly came to our village. Just because we refused to surrender, they ordered all the villagers to be killed. They also teased us and asked us to run away. The first one to escape would be spared. The common people ran slower and were killed.
They shot an arrow in the femur and fainted. Later they were
The priest sent by His Majesty the Pope saved the life. In order to avoid the bandits, the ordinary people had to flee all the way to the north. As a result, unexpectedly, the bandits came from the north again. The ordinary people could not run away anymore, and other people in the town were
The old man who couldn't run away collected the things left behind by the fleeing people.
I picked it up and sat at home waiting to die. Unexpectedly, God finally opened its eyes, and the gangsters also had their day! The common people gathered together and brought all the meat that could be eaten and the wine that could be drank in the town to honor all the soldiers.
Thank you, His Majesty the Pope, and thank you soldiers for rescuing the people from the fire and water..."
The Sixth Thousand Leader is also an aboriginal resident of the Huayu Plain. Hearing the words of the car owner in front of him, whether it was the accent or the things he said, it was clear that the Leader of the Thousand People had heard of these things to some extent. This is really what happened: "You
Are all the sheep being driven given to us?"
"Yes, yes. Master Bing, I give this to you as a filial piety."
"Then step back, we need to inspect the goods now."
"Okay, now." The cart owner climbed out, got on the cart, drove, drove, and drove the cart more than 30 meters.
"Sheep ahead, shoot!" The leader waved his hand, and the soldiers opened their horned bows and shot out like raindrops. The sheep screamed and fell to the ground one by one, and blood flowed everywhere.
It's really a sheep, so... there shouldn't be any problem: "Let Boss Che come in, and a few people go over, throw all the dead sheep into Boss Che's car, pull them back together, select the best and tenderest ones, and give them to the regiment commander
Send it to me, sir."
Creaking, the five-meter wide suspension bridge fell down... The boss of the car raised his whip and drove the car into the camp!