Chapter 97 After a few days of delay in Xiqiu, Luo Di and his party were back on the road.
Five days later, at noon, they finally arrived at the imperial capital.
From afar, I saw the majestic city pass of the imperial capital, and the flame thorn flower banner that symbolized the emperor's authority fluttered high above the city wall.
The samurai in golden armor stood motionless on the city wall, and the sharp battle axe in his hand glowed in the cold light of the forest, which looked even more majestic and magnificent.
The 100-meter-high Tower of Light in the city was illuminated by the midday sun, and the huge magic crystal at the top of the tower reflected a dazzling white circle of light in the sunlight.
"It's home" Ziegy sat on his horse, sighed inwardly, and looked back at the long line behind him, each soldier was tired, but his expression was very excited.
The main gate of the imperial capital was wide open, in the morning, countless citizens learned the news of the triumphant return of the Duke of Tulip, a large number of citizens were happy to flock to the outside of the city to greet, this day, the flowers of the imperial capital were completely out of stock again, looking at the excited citizens of the imperial capital, only the soldiers of the security station smiled bitterly in their hearts.
Thinking of the grand occasion when the army set out that day, they were all fully prepared in advance.
Even the commander of the police station deliberately put on a helmet, for fear that he would be scratched in the face by those enthusiastic girls again.
Roddy had already received a message from the royal guards that His Majesty the Emperor would personally greet him outside the city.
From a distance, I saw the soldiers of the security station outside the city gate, on both sides of the main road, firmly controlling the onlookers on the periphery.
On the main road, a group of brightly clad Royal Guard soldiers stood solemnly on either side, and the road was already paved with flowers.
From afar, I saw a huge eight-wheeled carriage with a splendid golden wall parked outside the city gate, and even the horses pulling the carriage were selected white royal horses of the highest quality.
Roddy, with the two commanders Ziggy and Gordon, hurriedly dismounted and stepped forward on foot, as early as a hundred paces away.
All the soldiers behind him immediately dismounted and walked on foot.
Emperor Abbasid XI of the empire, dressed in the most solemn costumes, stood on top of the carriage with his head held high.
The team marched neatly and slowly to the carriage, Roddy waved his hand, and the whole army stopped, and then Roddy Gordon Ziggy and the three knelt down on one knee and said in unison: "The minister lives up to His Majesty's expectations and has repelled foreign enemies" The three of them spoke together, and Ziggy and Gordon naturally shouted how loud they were.
It's just that Luo Di really didn't have much interest in this emperor, so he just lowered his head and moved his mouth casually to deal with it.
With a look of satisfaction and excitement on his face, Abbasid XI waved his hand, stepped down from the carriage, and slowly walked to the triumphant meeting, where the relatives pulled the three men up and welcomed the triumphant return with the most solemn hug and etiquette in the empire.
As the royal honor guard sounded the horn of grand celebration, the surrounding onlookers shouted: "Long live Duke Tulip" "Long live Thor's Whip" "Long Live the Empire" "Long live His Majesty the Emperor" Flowers rain, streamers flying.
Amidst the sound of celebration, the army slowly entered the city.
Abbasid XI deliberately took Roddy's hand and walked in front, and even left his royal carriage, casually asked someone to find a horse to come over, and rode side by side with Roddy, enjoying the cheers of the whole city along the way, Abbasid XI's face was also full of smiles, and his originally slightly pale face was also a little more red.
Roddy had a cautious and respectful look on his face, but he didn't feel good in his heart.
First of all, in this battle in the northwest, in the final analysis, the empire is actually lost.
Large tracts of land were occupied, and several military fortresses fell into the hands of others.
In the end, he brought reinforcements and narrowly saved the Watt Fortress.
It's just that I didn't lose home.
Moreover, according to the practice of the empire, although he is a fake as the Duke of Tulip, he commanded the Northwest Army in the northwest to repel Rochenthal, and according to the historical management of the empire, he should let himself take over the position of the commander of the Northwest Army and lead the military affairs of the northwest.
But the emperor did not do this, and as soon as the battle was over, he ordered himself to return.
Obviously, he was not at ease to let himself control the military power of the 100,000-strong army in the northwest Also, seeing that the emperor originally sent himself to the northwest to die, I am afraid that what he hoped for most was to let Rochenthal slash himself to death in the northwest, so that the Tulip family, which was the greatest threat to his imperial power, would be wiped out.
But he didn't expect that he would make a surprise attack on the hinterland of the Great Moon Kingdom, and actually forced the other party to be in internal chaos, and Luo Chenthal had no choice but to withdraw his troops and go back to fight for power.
Although he kept the northwest, he did not get rid of the thorn in his side.
I'm afraid the emperor has more disappointment than joy in his heart Not to mention that the Wolf Tooth Army went directly back to the barracks of the Central Cavalry Corps, Roddy and Zieggordon both returned to the palace with the emperor and received the reward in the main hall.
All the high-ranking military and political officials in the imperial capital had already gathered in the palace hall, and Roddy strode into the palace with Abbasid XI to receive the attention of all the important ministers of the empire, among whom were envious, joyful, jealous, and red-eyed.
After Abbasid XI slowly sat on the throne of imperial power at the top, he slowly looked at the people below and said slowly: "Duke Tulip returned triumphantly from the northwest this time and repelled Rochenthal, which can be regarded as a great contribution to the empire.
Let's cheer for the glory of the Empire, Duke Tulip" The applause was thunderous, and all the nobles and important ministers cheered warmly, and the people in the military cheered hard, looking at the spiritual leader of the military, their hearts were full of relief.
It's just that after the cheers ended, a thin old man in a black robe slowly walked to the middle, his face was calm, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty, I have something to say" "Marquis of Caroline, Marquis of Caroline, you are the Minister of War of the Empire This time Duke Rudolph has returned triumphantly, you are in charge of the military affairs of the Empire, and you also have merit" Abbasid XI smiled slightly.
Marquis Caroline raised his head and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Duke Tulip has made such a great contribution to the empire, and it must be rewarded."
When Luo Di heard this, he only felt a chill in his heart.
He knew very well in his heart that this Carolingian Minister of War was not a good thing.
Their Lionheart family is bent on overpowering the Tulip family, and the last time at a banquet, he rubbed against his nephew Miro, who was the commander of the Northern Legion.
This time, this old guy took the initiative to ask the emperor to reward him, and there must be nothing good to say Abbasid XI nodded, and immediately said: "Of course, this is of course, but the duke has made a great contribution, you are the Minister of War, you see how you should be rewarded" Without waiting for the Marquis Caroline to speak, a middle-aged man next to him wearing the uniform of an army general immediately walked to the middle and said loudly: "Your Majesty, according to the imperial tradition, Duke Tulip will serve as the commander of the Central Cavalry Corps every generation, and Duke Rudolph has made a great contribution now, just in time for him to become the whip of Thor."
As soon as he finished saying this, he immediately received a response from many other military generals.
Luo Di sighed in his heart, he knew that these people were taking extra care of themselves for the sake of the old duke's face and wanted to help themselves.
It's just that the generals of these armies are too simple-minded, and the emperor refuses to give even 100,000 troops to himself.
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What's more, it is a full 200,000, known as the "Thunder God's Whip" of the empire's most elite army, not to mention, controlling the Thunder God's Whip is equivalent to controlling the imperial capital's military strength The imperial capital's 250,000 troops, of which 200,000 of Thor's whips guard the imperial capital, and 50,000 royal guards guard the palace.
The emperor was so suspicious of the Tulip family, how could he hand over the largest army in the imperial capital to his commander Sure enough, Abbasid XI just nodded, but did not speak.
Luo Di noticed that the emperor secretly glanced at the Caroline Marquis, and then the Caroline Marquis immediately coughed lightly, and said loudly: "The words of the generals were originally feasible, but" Hearing this, Luo Di sneered in his heart, "Just wait for you but" "But the Duke of Tulip is still young after all, the Thunder God's Whip is the most elite legion in the empire, and it has the heavy responsibility of guarding the imperial capital, and the Duke is only less than twenty years old this year, and he has taken on such a heavy responsibility, I am afraid that the Duke may not be able to do it" After saying these words, the Marquis of Caroline bowed respectfully to the emperor.
"Nonsense," a grumpy general retorted loudly: "Although the Duke is young, in the history of the empire, there are fewer examples of the young Duke Tulip serving as the commander of the first army, the fourth duke, the seventh duke, didn't they all serve as the commander of the Central Cavalry Corps in their twenties?"
The Marquis of Caroline glanced at the general, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "There are also people in their twenties who serve as commanders of the first army, but now the Duke is not yet twenty years old and has only been on the battlefield once."
"Hmph" Another general couldn't help but say: "You can defeat Rochenthal once on the battlefield, isn't it enough if you don't believe it, you let your nephew go and see" Caroline was not angry, and said lightly: "In foreign wars, who leads the troops to the battle, that is Your Majesty's decision." ” "You keep saying that the Duke is young, so your nephew is not very old, and he also commanded the Northern Army."
Marquis Caroline said tepidly: "Although Miro is young, he is nearly thirty years old after all, and he did not serve as the commander of the Northern Army all at once, but also from the commander step by step. ” Seeing that all the important generals of the military spoke one after another, the old Marquis Caroline talked eloquently, without hurry or impatience, and his face was calm and not leaking, where could the eloquence of these generals compare with him "Look at the boy," Andy said softly in his head: "This old guy is not simple, moody and invisible."
Luo Di nodded secretly, he stood aside and observed the words, and he had already understood in his heart that today's words were actually clearly colluded between the emperor and the Minister of War, and he refused to let himself control the military power at all.
Thinking of this, he already understood the emperor's intentions in his heart, since people had made up their minds, these generals had no result of helping them fight with kindness, but they offended the emperor in vain.
Roddy cleared his throat and said loudly, "You don't have to argue" When all the generals saw him speak, they all closed their mouths, looked at the young duke, and waited for him to speak.
Luo Di bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I also think that I am too young to be the commander of a legion Frankly speaking, in this battle of the Northwest, in fact, I only relied on a little luck to force Rochenthal to retreat to say that he won the battle, and it is not as the Marquis of Caroline said just now, the Thunder God's Whip is the most elite legion in the empire, and it is responsible for guarding the imperial capital, I am too young, I am really afraid that I can't bear this burden."
Hearing this, all the military people frowned and sighed secretly in their hearts.
A glimmer of acquaintance flashed in the eyes of Abbas XI, and he said warmly on the surface: "Duke Rudolph is too modest, your merits will not be erased by the empire, but since you are unwilling to be the commander of the Central Cavalry Corps, what do you think?"
These words were extremely high-sounding, and Luo Di scolded in his heart when he heard it: "What I don't want to do, it's just that you don't want to" On the surface, he said with a straight face: "I went to the northwest to lead the army, only to know that I am really inexperienced, thanks to the assistance of the two commanders of Zigg and Gordon, I can barely complete the mission of Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to reward the two commanders of Ziggordon" Abbasid XI smiled slightly: "This is the Commander of the Natural Zyg, I heard that he is the old Commander of Thor's Whip, and I am ready to give him the title of Viscount As for the Commander of Gordon, I have decided to promote him to the deputy commander of the Royal Guard." ” Luo Di said in his heart: "This is a bargain."
He doesn't give me military power, but he always gives me two assistants, which is barely fair.
"Of course, it is" Your Majesty is wise. ” Since Luo Di himself explained that he had no idea about the position of commander of the Central Cavalry Corps, this reward was difficult.
After all, although he now has the title of duke, he actually does not have any official position.
Originally, there was also a special envoy for military affairs in the northwest, but now that the battle in the northwest has been completed, naturally the title of this envoy is gone.
As for the ruler joke, how can a dignified duke continue to be a small commander Everyone had different opinions, but they couldn't make up their minds, and Roddy sighed in his heart, remembering Nicole's words: "The higher the merit of the Tulip family, the higher the status, but in the end." has occupied all the glory and aura, so that the emperor has no reward, no seal" Or the Marquis Caroline coughed vigorously twice, and then slowly spoke, his unique unhurried tone resounded softly in the main hall: "Your Majesty, I think that Duke Tulip is the pillar of the empire, and the tulip banner is the pride of the empire, although Lord Duke is still young, as long as he has a few years of training."
Luo Di's heart moved, and he said secretly: "Hmph, tell the truth, these are all nonsense in front, mainly in the four words of a few years of training." ” I only heard the Marquis Caroline say slowly: "Although the situation in the south is quite stable now, the barbarian tribes in the southern hills are also making trouble from time to time.
They hid in the mountains and made trouble from time to time, holding back a large number of military and financial resources of the empire, and this time the northwest and the Great Moon Kingdom went to war, if it weren't for the containment of those mountain barbarians in the south, the southern army would have been able to support it a long time ago.
I think that now that the war in the northwest has stopped, the first problem is to solve the problem in the south first, I suggest, ask Duke Tulip to go to the south, with the prestige of the Tulip Banner, it will definitely be able to deter those mountain barbarians, Duke Tulip has no official title now, His Majesty can appoint him as the special envoy of the southeast and the governor of the southeast, control the military and political affairs of the three provinces in the southeast, and cooperate with the commander of the Camus regiment of the Southern Army to solve the problem of the mountain tribes.
Second, Lord Camus, the commander of the Southern Legion, is a veteran of the Imperial Military and has a lot of experience, and the Duke can just train in the South for two or three years."
As soon as the old Caroline finished speaking, Roddy heard Andy shouting loudly: "Poison, poison, poison, this old guy is powerful, what bullshit, the Southeast envoy is the same as the Northwest envoy, it sounds like a majestic official position, but it is a temporary moderation The three southeastern provinces, each of which has a local governor, you go to just an empty position, and the troops of the Southern Legion will not be handed over to you to be the commander, but you will be asked to follow the commander of the Southern Legion."
Poison's words, listening to it, gave you an incomparably majestic messenger, but in fact it was all false, which is equivalent to sending you to the south to open the mountain."
Before the generals of the military could react, Abbasid XI immediately smiled and showed a satisfied look in his eyes, and said repeatedly: "It's a good idea, the Minister of War is serious, this is the best of both worlds." ” Luo Di scolded in his heart, but the emperor said all this, which was equivalent to knocking a nail on the board.
He couldn't help but have a trace of anger flashing in his eyes, but then he tried his best to hold back his dissatisfaction, and bowed solemnly and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go south to learn from the old General Camus."
How could there be so many flowery intestines in the stomachs of several generals in the military, seeing that the duke had already made a big official, and he was still the special envoy of the southeast, but he was in charge of the three provinces, it was naturally quite large, and they all immediately fell silent.
The emperor smiled slightly, and said: "Okay, then it is decided, Duke Rudolph, you have made great contributions in the northwest, and I now appoint you as the special envoy and military governor of the southeast, which can control the military and political power of the three southeastern provinces, and I hope you will assist the southern army of the commander of the Camus army to calm down the troubles in the mountains as soon as possible."
Roddy sighed and got down on one knee.
After thinking about it, he said: "Your Majesty, I went to the northwest this time, thanks to the assistance of Lord Zige's Central Cavalry Legion Wolf Tooth Army, I will go to the southeast, and I only ask Your Majesty to give me permission to transfer the Wolf Tooth Army to use." ” The emperor was in a good mood at the moment, thinking that there was only one wolf tooth army, less than 20,000 people, and you would not be able to turn the sky over.
And today's purpose has been achieved, now, after a slap, it is time to give the other party a candy to eat, and immediately readily agreed.
Abbasid XI thought for a moment, and suddenly spoke again: "Duke Rudolph, you must also know that the envoys of the Great Moon Kingdom have been in the imperial capital for many days, and they are discussing peace talks about the war in the northwest these days.
You have come back from the northwest and are familiar with the affairs of the northwest, so I will appoint you as a deputy envoy to discuss the issue of this peace talks, and I hope you can live up to the majesty of the empire.
Luo Di was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the emperor to give him such an errand again, and he didn't understand what it meant for a while, and couldn't help but look at the old Caroline, only to see that his face was calm, but a trace of smug gaunt flashed in his eyes.
"Stupid, I don't understand this" Andy sighed in his mind: "Negotiate with the Great Moon Kingdom, what can the empire get, now that the land is occupied by others, the military fortress has also been taken away by others, and the Northwest Army has been beaten to the point that less than half of the people are left, so it is needless to say that if it is lost, it is natural that it will not come back, this kind of peace talks that lose power and humiliate the country, His Majesty the Emperor is naturally disgraced."
Letting you serve as a negotiating envoy is tantamount to bearing the scolding of the world and you are also responsible for it, alas, it is really ruthless, it seems that this is the ghost idea of the old man of the Minister of War again" Roddy gritted his teeth and just nodded. looked at several military generals next to him, and they all looked angry.
In fact, Andy was right, Abbasid XI asked Roddy to negotiate with the other party, of course, he listened to the old Caroline's idea and asked Tulip to bear the black cauldron of signing the humiliating peace treaty.
At the same time, old Caroline had his own ideas in it These days, on the issue of the northwest, whether to fight or make peace with the Great Moon Kingdom, the imperial capital has already quarreled upside down.
The people in the military were naturally the main fighters, but the old Caroline gathered a group of officials and nobles, all of whom tried to persuade Abbasid XI to negotiate peace.
Old Caroline has his own ideas in his heart, the northwest military affairs are corrupt, this time the northwest fought a small war, many problems will be exposed, he and the northwest are too implicated, if once the two countries start a full-scale war, then the problems in the northwest will inevitably be exposed, at that time, I am afraid that he himself will be finished, so in the current situation, the northwest must not be chaotic, can not fight, as long as the fight does not start for a day, those problems will not be exposed, as for the solution to the solution, can only slowly buy time, slowly cover up.
That was the end of the conversation, and there was a feast to celebrate the victory in the evening, but before that, Roddy naturally wanted to go home first.
The people dispersed on the top of the main hall.
Luo Di exchanged a few words with those military officers, most of the old guys in the military were subordinates or friends of the old duke back then, and naturally they were looking towards him in their hearts, and they really encouraged Luo Di a few words.
It's just that these generals of the military, of course, can fight, but when it comes to this kind of intrigues, they are definitely not opponents of people like the old Marquis Caroline.
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Roddy saw old Caroline striding away, and sighed in his heart: This old guy is too powerful, if he wants to go against this old guy, he can't rely on these generals who can only use swords and swords to find a few helpers with brains.
After thinking about it again, I couldn't help but laugh at myself: after so many days, I really thought that I was some kind of duke, and after leaving the imperial capital for so many days, maybe Nicole had already found the whereabouts of that playboy.
Anyway, being this duke himself is also a temporary impostor.
The battle in the northwest is over, and it is estimated that it will be almost the same, and when the playboy is found, he will not dare to pick a child, according to Nicole, just stuff himself into which army to be an officer, wouldn't it be more comfortable No matter how powerful this old guy is, it is also a headache for that playboy, how can it not be his turn, I knew it earlier, why did I ask the emperor for any wolf tooth army to help what southeast envoy, hum, let that playboy go to the mountains and eat the soil by himself Thinking of this, thinking of seeing Nicole immediately, my heart was excited, and I left the palace and rushed towards the Tulip Duke's Mansion with people ` Update, smash the ticket: