"The little emperor has no choice at all.
He didn't have anyone to choose from. ” Hughes looked at his generals, and the smugness in his expression was overflowing.
The news of the large-scale rebellion in the south of the empire reached Yanjing, and naturally it would also reach the north.
And the Armenian Military Region is close to Yanjing, and the news naturally reached Hughes as soon as possible.
As the leader of many rebel factions in the North, and the leader of the rebel leaders in the North, Hughes immediately sensed a huge opportunity.
The elated Hughes issued a mobilization order almost immediately, summoning his henchmen and important ministers to a room for discussion.
"The biggest weakness of the rabbit emperor is time hum, as the supreme of a country, the so-called imperial art is nothing more than two, one is balance, and the other is employing people.
The art of balance, this little emperor seems to be doing it very carefully.
But this ability to use people, he is far behind.
But this little rabbit is really pitiful.
When Kantos was in power before, he was pressed too hard, the old emperor died suddenly, and the little emperor succeeded to the throne in a hurry, and there was no time for him to calmly cultivate his henchmen and available talents.
Now the empire is full of old people left over from the time of Kantos.
There is no one in the little emperor's own pocket, so there are naturally fewer choices.
In my opinion, to pacify the bandits in the south, either Minas goes south, or Adric commands the army, no matter who these two people go, Yan Kyoto will inevitably be unstable."
When one of his civil officials heard this, he immediately got up and said: "My lord, then should we immediately reorganize our troops and fight, once Osgilia sends troops south, we will immediately wave our troops to attack and take Osgillia to fight the overall situation."
"Stupid" Hughes sneered, reprimanded this subordinate who entered the speech, and said lightly: "No one can guess the thoughts of that old guy in Minas, when we entered Yanjing, this old man did not put on a posture of co-living and dying with the empire, I understand that this old man did not mean to tie himself to the Byzantine Empire and be martyred."
After his series of actions, in my opinion, the Duke of Minas is only afraid that he has other thoughts, hmph, this old man has also been suppressed for more than ten years, and he has been pressed hard, I am afraid that he has long been resentful.
If you think about it carefully, more than ten years ago, he held the imperial power and was in charge of the military department, but he was stripped of all his authority, and he was an empty duke with no power at home, and he endured it for more than ten years.
Now that he is back in power, his mind must be different from more than ten years ago, he has tasted the bitter fruit of being stripped of power, and this time he is back in power, he will definitely not allow that kind of thing to happen again, so?"
Hughes squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then smiled slightly: "Things have to be looked at separately."
If Adric leads his troops south, once the army starts to march south, we will immediately wave our army to attack Osgilia, and we will definitely make them unable to take care of it, and we must not let Adric calmly subdue the south with all his might.
But if the army that went south to quell the rebellion was commanded by the Duke of Minas, then we might as well wait a little longer and see what the limelight was on. ” "Look at the limelight" The subordinates all looked puzzled.
A bunch of idiots.
Hughes sighed helplessly in his heart, and his eyes swept over the people in front of him.
Looking at the faces one by one, I saw that all of them were blank and puzzled, and I felt a little bored and dissatisfied in my heart: how can I be such a group of uninformed fools under my command was helpless in his heart, but suddenly saw a young face standing at the end of everyone, with a faint look of clarity in his eyes, Hughes moved in his heart, pointed at the man and smiled: "Gerry, do you understand?"
The one who stood at the end of everyone was Ge Li, who turned against the rebels in the Yanjing Rebellion.
Although in the Armenian Military Region, Gerry, a new refuge, has no foundation, but after all, he is from an aristocratic background, and he is in favor of Hughes, although he does not have a too important position in the Armenian Military Region, but Hughes is quite tolerant to him, just because it is rare for a nobleman to take refuge in him, if he is too cold to him, wouldn't he cut off the way of other people's service Even if it is as a benchmark and example, Hughes also pays attention to the reality of his own value for Gerry everywhere.
Hearing Hughes call his name, Gerry hurriedly walked out and performed a standard aristocratic etiquette, he was from a family, but this kind of aristocratic etiquette was even more favored by Hughes, which immediately made Hughes feel a little satisfied.
The smile on his face was also much gentler: "Gerry, I see that you nodded again and again just now, but you understand my intentions" Gerry raised his head and said slowly: "Your Excellency's intention must be to split the Osgilian army, since the Duke of Minas has a different mind, if he leads the army south, he will definitely have his own army, but I am afraid that after a long time, he will be out of the control of Osgilia."
We might as well wait a little longer, when the time comes, they will be in chaos first, and if we attack again, won't it save a lot of effort. ” Hughes sighed secretly in his heart, although this Ge Li does not have much talent, but after all, he is from an aristocratic family and has been in Yanjing for a long time.
Yanjing, in the living room of the Duke's Palace, Duke Minas looked at several anxious nobles in front of him, sneered in his heart, but deliberately made an indifferent and calm expression on his face: "Everyone, rest easy, the situation in the south is all in my heart."
As long as His Majesty orders it, the pacification of the south is only a matter of ten days.
My old man has fought for half his life, and the Odin Emperor Regiment in the north has also fought, can it be that some mud legs in the south can still go up to the sky?"
These nobles looked at each other for a while, and one of them, an old man with a bloated figure and a luxurious black robe, stood up and said: "Lord Duke, we naturally believe you, but the momentum in the south is unstable, and all of you here have territories in the south. ” The others nodded their heads, and someone agreed, "Lord Marquis Banks is exactly what he said. ” Duke Minas smiled, looked at the leading Marquis of Banks, and said lightly: "What you mean is also what I think in my heart.
However, His Majesty's mind has not yet been decided, and if he wants to send troops sooner, he has to rely on your influence and urge His Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible.
And this trip to the south, my old man may not be the candidate to lead the troops, General Adric is in the prime of life, and his prestige in the army is outstanding, perhaps Your Majesty is even more " The nobles shook their heads, and some of them kept praising the Duke of Minas.
The old duke listened to everyone's compliments, but sneered in his heart.
The places in the south are erosive, and all counties, places, and local officials are all inextricably linked with these nobles and wealthy families Adrick is upright and impartial, never favoritism, if Adrick is allowed to go south, it is not a problem to defeat those traitors, but it is definitely not what these nobles want to see Let such an Adrick who does not rub sand in his eyes run to the south, and after pacifying the place, where can the rotten accounts under everyone's ass be hidden from Adric Therefore, these nobles are absolutely unwilling to see Adric become a candidate for the commander of the south The Emperor already distrusted Adric, he didn't trust Salumbonelli.
Even the emperor's trust in himself may not be so deep, but for these aristocratic groups, the emperor has to rely on them.
If these nobles collectively insisted on leading their troops south, the emperor would not be able to refuse the demands of all the nobles.
Thinking of this, the Duke of Minas casually comforted the magnates a few words, and said with a smile: "Since you support me wholeheartedly, then I will have the audacity to ask you for some requirements.
Going south to use troops is not only for the country, to put it bluntly, but also for you to protect the territory and homeland of each family.
The current situation, everyone is not unaware of the rebels in the north, the rebels in the north are eyeing each other, and the elite of the Central Army in Yanjing cannot move without permission, and if they want to use troops in the south, they need your full support.
I also boasted to my majesty, and gave me 30,000 men to reach the south.
Of the 30,000 men, 10,000 from the Central Army, 5,000 from the Southern Garrison, and 5,000 from my Minas private army.
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The remaining 10,000 people need you."
The private armies of each family are the private property of each wealthy family, and whoever is willing to pull out their army and hand it over to others casually No one could refuse the reason given by the Duke of Minas, for the nobles, most of their territories were in the south, and some had even fallen into the range of rebels.
Whether it is for self-preservation or for anything else, asking them to contribute to the army is also a reason for the past, and no one can refuse.
Fortunately, 10,000 people, although it seems to be a lot of money, if it is distributed to the heads of many wealthy families, the number of contributions from each family is not too much, so that everyone will not be too painful.
Besides, it's just a matter of contributing some soldiers, as long as you keep your own territory and territory, it won't be difficult to pull up a few thousand more people in the future.
For the request of the Duke of Minas, the nobles almost patted their chests on the spot and made a guarantee, and at the moment each family allocated it, the more out of two or three thousand, the less out of five or six hundred, and the amount of ten thousand people, but it was quickly gathered.
The Duke of Minas added a few more words: "This trip to the south, after all, is to see the battle with real swords and real guns."
I don't need to go into detail about what your private army looks like.
My old man has the confidence to put down the rebellion, but the families need to support me sincerely.
This contributed private army, please don't be stingy with the elite.
I'm talking ugly in front, if anyone gets together a bunch of crooked melons and bad dates to fool my old man, when the time comes, the war will be delayed, don't blame my old man for not talking about his love for many years" The Duke of Minas's words were naturally guaranteed by everyone.
The old duke is not afraid of these nobles, after all, he led his troops south, and the territories and homes of these people are all in the direction of his own troops, if anyone secretly messes around, he will have ten thousand ways to make these guys regret it at that time.
Not to mention anything else, marching and fighting, as long as you do a little trick, deliberately leak on the battlefield, and deliberately put the traitors into whose territory to wreak havoc, it's just that these words don't have to be said too clearly, and if you mention them a little secretly, you won't be afraid that these nobles will be disobedient.
"The Duke is going south to quell the rebellion, so naturally we are not worried, but things in the north are still worrying.
If Hughes calls after the adults go south, this Osgilia" After all, aristocrats are aristocrats, and the cowardice and cowardice in their bones are afraid of death, and they always linger.
Duke Minas smiled faintly: "There are still 100,000 troops in the city, with elites like the Central Army, and imperial pillars like General Adric, which is enough to ensure that Yanjing is foolproof."
Besides, I naturally have a backhand, so that those rebels in the north can't act recklessly, hum, Your Majesty has made a Grand Duke of Nozz, a northern garrison, tens of thousands of northern troops, can't be a decoration in the north.
You can make a suggestion to Your Majesty, when our army goes south, I ask Your Majesty to issue a strict order, ordering the Duke of Xia Leiming, the general of the Northern Garrison, to raise troops to recruit the northern rebels.
As long as I strive for the rest of the month, I will pacify the south, and then the overall situation will be decided, and there will be no need to worry about anything else. ” Vertical said.
Sure enough, at the behest of Duke Minas, several top wealthy nobles in Yanjing entered the palace to meet the emperor, and asked the emperor to immediately send troops south to quell the rebellion.
Most of the territories of many aristocratic and wealthy families are in the south, which is related to the most important interests of each family, and the emperor cannot ignore these requirements.
Moreover, many wealthy nobles, most of whom are interested in the Duke of Minas as the candidate for the southward rebellion, for Adric, everyone believes that General Adric made outstanding achievements in the defense of Yanjing and defeated the rebels, such talents should stay in Yanjing to protect the emperor, in case the rebels in the north take advantage of the weakness.
What is the purpose of the nobles' requests, Garcia is not a fool, he understands it somewhat, most of these nobles are worried that Adric, a man who does not rub sand with his eyes, will go south and dig out the rotten accounts under their ass.
It's just that the will of the aristocratic group, the emperor can never ignore it, as the emperor, the most trusted and relied on force is the aristocratic group, even if there are still some doubts in his heart, he has to finally compromise and make a decision.
Although the emperor did not believe the words of Salumbonelli, he always listened to them no matter what.
He didn't fully trust Duke Minas, but the Central Army only drew 10,000 men, which was still within the bottom line that the emperor could accept.
With the emperor's relief, the Duke of Minas has already begun to allocate and select people among the private armies of various wealthy families in Yanjing.
Although most of the private armies of the nobles are mixed, the total number is tens of thousands, and it is not impossible to select a small number of elites from them.
What's more, most of the people who commanded the troops in the private armies of the nobles were the children of the nobles themselves, but when those noble children heard that they were going to the south to fight, a few of them really dared to go, and many of them immediately found all kinds of excuses to retreat.
The Duke of Minas was naturally right in this situation, and all those noble children who did not want to go to the south to fight were waved with a stroke of his pen, and promised them all kinds of excuses, as long as they obediently handed over the army, they would do whatever they wanted. 10,000 aristocratic private troops, but the transfer was completed within three days.
In the Prime Minister's Palace, the seriously ill Salembonili heard that the Duke of Minas had chosen a private army among various wealthy families, and immediately vomited blood and was bedridden.
And the only thing that makes people wonder is that for the matter of going south to quell the rebellion, everyone originally thought that General Adric and the Duke of Minas would definitely have a dragon fight, but the General Adric unexpectedly remained silent, and the emperor ordered the Duke of Minas to be the candidate for the commander of the troops in the south, and Adric also made a cooperative attitude, drawing 5,000 people from the city guard and the second corps to the Duke of Minas.
Adric, who has always been strong, did not express the slightest objection to this matter, and did not even enter the palace to argue with the emperor.
Even the various ordnance, materials, salaries, and military expenses required for the southern expedition requested by Minas were also met by Adric and vigorously cooperated.
Two days later, the Duke of Minas's southward counterinsurgency army had not yet started, but Roddy had been appointed as the vanguard of the southward counterinsurgency, and personally led 2,000 cavalry to the south.
It was the main force of the Duke of Minas, but it took two more delays before finally raising troops, nearly 30,000 troops, marching out of the city to the south, and Emperor Garcia also personally came forward and held a ceremony to send the Duke of Minas on the expedition, and even in front of everyone, he personally put a cloak on the Duke of Minas in military uniform.
There was even a news in the court that in order to show his affection for the Minas family, the emperor finally lived with the queen in recent days, and for two consecutive days, Huang Yanjing stayed overnight in the queen's residence.
In any case, the emperor, who has always liked men, is finally willing to live in the same house with the queen, which is a good thing for the empire, everyone is relieved, thinking that the emperor has finally returned to his heart, if he can give birth to offspring for the royal family after a year and a half, it is a lucky thing, but no one knows, for several nights in a row, although Garcia stayed in the queen's residence overnight, the husband and wife are still strangers, sleeping in separate beds.
What made Garcia feel even more angry was that he thought he had made great concessions, in order to firmly tie up the Minas family, the night before yesterday, he had drunk himself half-drunk, and had already made up his mind to really have sex with the queen Although Garcia does not like women, so he has to be men, but as an emperor, he also understands that sooner or later he must make some compromises: in the royal family, there is always a need for descendants.
If he does not give birth to a son and heir for a long time, the throne is also unstable.
For the sake of the descendants of the royal family, and in order to win over the Minas family, he has taken the initiative to compromise and is ready to have sex with that woman, but who knows, that hateful woman actually held a dagger in her hand to threaten her with death, and did not allow herself to get close to her half a step This hateful woman who doesn't know how to lift up actually does such a thing to hum, if it weren't for her, even if she begged herself, she wouldn't be willing to touch a finger of her And on the day of the expedition, at the ceremony, the queen herself appeared, stood aside, watched her husband with her own eyes, and tied the cloak to her father's body.
From beginning to end, Daiffine's face was unusually calm, without the slightest wave, even if his father was on the horse in high spirits, in the midst of the shouts of tens of thousands of people, the queen herself had always pursed her lips and said nothing.
At the same time, unlike the vigorous scene of Yanjing's southward expedition ceremony, a sternly worded military order had been quietly transmitted to Xincheng, the capital of the Northern Garrison in the Northern New Town, through the magic array.
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