Macho Wars

On the morning of the 20th, the Imperial Central Committee formally responded. They were very careful not to call the prince group a "rebel" and agreed to send people to Landowell to negotiate with them.

What surprised Filawei and others was that the representative sent by the central government turned out to be Howard.

In fact, the high-level officials of the central government did not want Howard, who was a minister of the military, to take risks. At present, the reason why the 300,000 troops of the Central Military Region are still able to keep their orders is largely due to Howard's in the military. Supreme prestige.

In case the prince group is as shameless as the Senate and detains him during negotiations, the central side will be completely messed up.

But don't let Howard go!The central government really couldn't find a few big bosses that could be compared with the prince group in terms of status, or even overwhelm the other side. Therefore, under Howard's repeated insistence, he finally nodded in agreement.

So on the day of the negotiation, the eighteen princes gathered in front of the bridge east of Landauville early. One of them was counted as one. They all studied at the Central Military Academy during Howard’s presidency. They met on weekdays. It is customary to call it the "old principal".

Therefore, it is reasonable and reasonable. They are full of respect for Howard, even when they force the palace to rebel.

Soon, when the agreed time came, a staff officer under Firavi suddenly ran over and whispered a few words in his ear.The outpost on the east side of the bridge observed three cars flying towards them with the flag of the Empire, suspected to be the negotiator's car.

These cars appeared in the field of vision of Filavi and the others in a short while. Filavi waved his hand and motioned to the guard on the other side of the bridge to open the roadblock and let the other side drive straight in front of them.

After the three cars stopped, Howard, wearing a grand marshal's tuxedo, got out of the middle car and walked towards Firavi and the others with his head swaggered. His grandiose posture did not seem to be a representative who came to negotiate at all. Like a general who wants to review his troops.

Filavi couldn't help but smiled bitterly and sighed in his heart.

"Howard deserves to be Howard, it would be great if his old man could stand by my side!"

At this time Howard had already walked in front of Firaway. The princes were originally prepared to put on a tough posture, but unfortunately, when facing Howard himself, almost all of them subconsciously stood up and saluted, and Howard responded indifferently.

"You are welcome, General, please here."

The two sides moved to the long-prepared negotiation meeting room. Since both sides are soldiers, there are no obscure routines at all, and they went straight to the topic as soon as they came up.

The requirements of the princes are still the ones mentioned before, including the abdication of the puppet emperor, the severe punishment of the Senate, and the surrender of the command of the Central Military Region and the Imperial Guard, and letting their troops enter the city to take over the imperial capital and the palace.

However, such a request is far beyond the minimum acceptable to the central government and Howard.I really have to agree. Everyone in the entire imperial capital will become a salted fish on the chopping board, letting the prince group and the foreign aristocrats who support them wantonly slaughter.

At that time, whether the other party will abide by the agreement during the negotiation depends on the mood of the other person.

So Howard naturally rejected it all at once, and there were three main conditions for his bargaining.

1. The young emperor abdicated to the virtuous and was replaced by the eldest son Philavi.

2. The main members and ministers involved in the Senate resigned and gave up one-third of the seats to the local nobles of the prince’s faction.

3. The border troops brought by the princes returned to the station immediately.

The two sides were in a quarrel, and no one could accept the other side's conditions.The attitude of the prince group made it clear that they wanted to eliminate the roots, so that they would take control of the imperial capital and many people would die.

Howard hopes to keep the damage to a minimum and do everything he can to save the lives of his sister and nephew.This has nothing to do with reason and gains or losses, but only the family affection he cannot give up.

Even if he is enshrined in the altar, Howard is still human!

On the first day of the negotiations, I finally thought that the two sides would not give in to each other and did not reach any results. Howard was too lazy to toss back and forth, and simply stayed at Landauville first, and then personally called the Royal Palace and the Central Military Department to let them not Worrying about myself, the garrisons of the Central Military Region continued to exercise restraint.

For the time being, the situation is fairly stable, and everything seems to be moving forward.However, there is a saying in the empire that it is good that the family's affairs may not only be concerned by the family.As the core of the entire empire's politics and economy, the imperial capital has a large number of foreigners in addition to the gathered elites of the country, and many of them come with "special purposes".

From the moment the old emperor died unexpectedly, countless pairs of eyes were staring at this side, some were only observing secretly, and some were already conspiring to wait for an opportunity to move!

On the third day after the negotiations began, three terrorist attacks occurred in the Imperial City.Three young people from the former Sapphire Principality, carrying an unforgettable hatred of the empire, drove a car full of explosives and rushed to the imperial palace, the imperial mausoleum and the Central Military Building.

At the time of the attack, Dragon was working in the military building. The guard at the door promptly detected the approach of the abnormal vehicle and shot at the opponent. The young man driving the vehicle detonated the explosives on the vehicle at the last moment before being shot and dying. .

Dragoon sitting in the room only heard a loud "bang" outside, a huge shock wave and flying fragments, which instantly shattered the glass on the window.

The startled Dragon cautiously came to the window, looked sideways and looked out, and saw that the main road facing the gate was already in a mess, and the guard post was completely destroyed.More than a dozen soldiers affected by the explosion were dead, wounded and wounded. The scene looked bloody.

After these three suicide attacks, the entire imperial capital's nerves were already tense, and the pan was fried!

Fortunately, on the side of the military building, an explosion did not scare them these high-ranking generals who had experienced many battles, and there was nothing serious about the imperial mausoleum. The most violent reaction was the palace.

It is said that when the attack occurred, the Queen Mother was in the imperial garden while teasing her beloved cat and drinking afternoon tea.As a result, the maid frightened by the loud explosion shook her hand and splashed the hot boiling water on the cat, and then the cat jumped up and scratched the face of the queen mother.

The empress dowager, who was miserable, was angry and ordered the guards to shoot the poor maid and the little cat together!

Afterwards, the Empress Dowager crossed the military headquarters and personally ordered the Guards to investigate the case. So a large number of military police rushed to the streets and conducted house-to-house searches. Many innocent residents were implicated and arrested and imprisoned. The flying dog jumped, and the people's grievances soared.

Dragon wanted to stop it, but there was a brigadier general in his neighborhood, and he really couldn't rank in the Central Military Headquarters, where there were so many generals, and Howard went out to negotiate again. The chief officer left behind was an old general with a rather pedantic character. The empress dowager's instructions were obedient, and she sneered at Dragoon's comments.

The opponent’s contemptuous attitude of looking at people through his nostrils made Dragon hate the itching of his teeth. He felt that the imperial capital was not suitable for him. Although the officials were getting bigger and bigger, the restraints were getting more and more. I can't help but miss my days in the colony.

Chapter 413

I think that in the colony that year, Dragoon had just been promoted to a major, and he was already a big officer in the eyes of ordinary people. If it was placed in a remote area, sitting in a small town, it would be like an emperor who can call the wind and rain.

However, now he has been promoted to the positions of brigadier general and deputy commander, and on the side of the imperial capital, he has become a small character who is not embarrassed or embarrassed. If he goes out to buy a pack of cigarettes, he can run into a bunch of real big men who can't afford to be offended!

Especially in the military department, the right to speak is directly linked to the level of seniority.Even if Sidney XIV and Howard admire reforms and want to open up room for young young officers to rise, there will always be a group of old guys who can't easily move them because of their identity and background.

This is the current commander-in-chief of the Central Military Headquarters. Although this kind of person is pedantic and old-fashioned, he has one advantage, that is, he absolutely obeys the orders of his superiors, and he can do whatever the emperor asks him to do. There is absolutely no doubt!

And Dragon is the "problem child" in the eyes of such people.

We must know that the main reason why Dragoon was exiled to the colony was his disobedience on the battlefield.The superior asked him to protect the nobles in the territory, but when he got it right, he put a gun on the head of the other person, forcing the other person to open the castle gate and let the civilians hide in for refuge.Then he took his troops back to the town and fought a so-called "Mei Li Town Victory".

Many old generals of the old school, because they saw a large number of such disobedience in Dragoon's personal resume, they firmly opposed the promotion of unqualified soldiers like him to brigadier general.Had it not been for Sidney XIV and Howard to join forces to escort Dragon's promotion, he might have been "experienced" by these old stubborn gangs.

Now that the old emperor is dead, Howard went to the front to negotiate with the prince group. For the time being, Dragoon, who had no backer, naturally received a cold eye from the conservative forces.

In desperation, Dragun could only watch the already tense situation in the imperial capital. Under the large-scale search by the military and police, it became more and more turbulent, and the people's grievances were rising!

Due to the brutal actions of the military and police, they soon annoyed some nobles. Under their leadership, ordinary civilians also took the opportunity to make dissatisfied voices, accusing the soldiers and police of rudeness, and their hands and feet were dirty during the search.

As a result, a large number of complaints flooded in, but the central high-level officials still insisted on going their own way, implementing the wrong order to the end.

Dragon knows that there are no capable people at the top, but these capable people are almost all old fritters in the political arena, and they are very ghosts, and they try not to let themselves get involved in these messy things.If you don't have any benefits, you still have time to provoke a show!

In this process, the army itself was also affected.Especially those who had been frowning with a certain prince before, the large search in the city made these people extremely nervous.

The commander of the 25th Division was one of them. His family had bet on the eleventh prince, and he himself served as one of the eleventh prince’s important eyeliners in the imperial capital. There was a lot of direct correspondence between the two. .

Most of these letters were burned directly after reading them, but a few were used as "handles" for mutual checks and balances, and were deliberately kept and properly hidden in the most secret place in the home.

Although the big search did not find these deadly letters in the end, he couldn't hold back the ghost in his heart. This kind of strong anxiety eventually prompted him to make an important decision...

On the morning of the 26th, the negotiations ahead entered the sixth day. Although the two sides are still bargaining, at least it is not without progress.

Howard's bottom line was clear from the beginning, and that was to ensure the safety of the empress dowager and the emperor, which was part of his personal selfishness.In contrast, the group of bastards in the Senate belonged to the part that could be "discussed." He had already resigned from the initial promise and stepped back to "retain the corpse."

Seeing the steady progress of the negotiation, everything seemed to be moving in a good direction. As a result, at this moment, a situation that many people at the negotiation table did not expect suddenly occurred!

On the night of the 26th, the 25th Division of the Central Military Region, which was supposed to defend the imperial capital, suddenly rebelled and attacked the flanks of the nearby Marine First Division, firing the first shot of the imperial capital unrest.