Macho Wars

Over the past few days of fierce fighting, the total number of casualties between the Central Army and the rebels has totaled tens of thousands. This directly caused the overcrowding of more than a dozen large and medium-sized hospitals in the imperial capital, and the economic losses caused even more than the imperial war in the Far East. The sum of military expenditures in

Here, my own family has fought, but most of the foreign powers are standing on the sidelines, and several major powers have no intention of conducting military intervention.

The main reason why these major powers have not done anything now is mainly because the time has not come and they intervened too early, which might make the two sides of the civil war choose to unanimously externally, but there is no good thing to watch.

However, if you don't do anything on the surface, it doesn't mean that these bad guys really don't make any small movements behind their backs.Several major princes have received secret visits from foreign envoys in private, and the other party either knocked on the sidelines or went straight to the point, all expressing the intention to provide funding.

The princes are not stupid either, knowing that these seemingly enthusiastic "foreign friends" will give themselves warmth on the pole, but in fact they are not at ease. The real purpose of the other party is to add fuel to the fire and make the empire's civil war more intense. Some, it's better to be badly injured, or even split up.

However, although most princes saw through the other party's intentions, they still chose to accept, and did not turn away the benefits of sending them to the door.

Seeing the situation once again fell into the blue, history once again proved with practical actions that his seemingly huge body can actually be easily pushed by some insignificant little people.

On October 30, the day after the imperial palace was attacked by air, the Senate sent representatives to secretly meet with the small group of the five princes in an attempt to negotiate unilateral terms with the other side to induce the other side to rebel.

Unfortunately, news of the meeting was leaked in advance, and it was deliberately passed to the ears of the third prince.

Among the many princes, the private grievances between the third and fifth princes are the greatest. After all, not everyone likes to be put on a green hat.Therefore, when he learned that the old fifth was going to secretly communicate with the Senate, he immediately realized that his chance of revenge was coming!

So the three princes sent their own elite guards to ambush the fifth princes and the special envoy of the Senate.When the time comes, people get stolen goods, and see what the little white-faced brother who likes to seduce other wives has to say?

However, when the guards of the three princes arrived at the secret meeting place, they did not see the five princes, but encountered a counter-ambush from another group.

The two sides exchanged fire, and the casualties were heavy. The surviving members of the guard broke a bloody way and returned to report the situation to the three princes.But at this time, the five princes and the eleventh princes came to the door together and confronted the three princes to send someone to secretly secretly meet the special envoy of the Senate.

It turns out that the people who ambushed the Guards of the Three Princes were the same troops of the Five Princes who also received a secret report. They also brought a corpse.When the third prince looked at the corpse, he suddenly said "not good" in his heart. It turned out to be his uncle, Marquis Thurman, who worked in the Senate.

The situation took a sharp turn for the three princes in an instant, and he immediately realized that this was someone deliberately framed himself, and the initial intelligence was the bait.

The anxious three princes looked around and suddenly discovered that the eldest prince Filavy was not present. He realized something at once, but just about to say something, he suddenly felt a killing intent.

An officer behind the fifth prince did not know when he had secretly pulled out his pistol, using another person next to him as a cover, and aimed the black hole at the third prince.

The fifth prince who was questioning loudly only heard a bang behind him, and a cloud of blood exploded on the chest of the opposite third brother.

In an instant, the whole room was silent, and almost everyone looked at the shot third prince dumbfounded.This burly and sturdy man, his body seemed to have been exhausted, he collapsed on the chair, his expression on his face forever frozen in surprise.

"Your Highness!"

Everything came too suddenly. It was the subordinates of the three princes who reacted first, but another shot followed.This completely broke the nerves of everyone present, as long as the two sides had guns, they pulled out and fired wildly.

In just a few seconds, dozens of sounds continued, and the interlaced bullets tore through each body, setting off a bloody storm in the room.Of the nine princes present, four died on the spot alone, and three others were seriously injured. No fewer than twenty officers were killed.

Relying on the guards around him desperately defending each other, the fifth prince did not die, only a shot in the arm.

He looked around. He was surrounded by dead bodies and wailing undeceased people everywhere, and he couldn't tell who shot the first death before.But the most important thing right now is to leave here as soon as possible, after all, outside are the troops of the Third Prince.

So ignoring the truth, the third prince hurriedly called on his active subordinates, rushed to the guards outside to rush in, escaped from the headquarters through the side door, and then returned to his troops in the chaos.

Soon, news spread that the third prince was assassinated and the murderer was the fifth prince. The rebels who learned of this were in an uproar.

The news reached the Seventh Armored Division, and Firavi, who was reading, put down the book in his hand, responded non-committal, and then let the messenger go down.

He closed his eyes and leaned back on the recliner, with no sadness or joy on his face.

"The first step, it's started..."

Later that day, news of internal strife in the rebel group also spread to the central side, and the Senate all shot and celebrated, thinking that this would be the first step in the self-disintegration of the rebel group, and they would soon end this damn civil strife. .

However, soon follow-up news came, and the rebel group issued a public statement accusing the senate behind the assassination. They have already obtained conclusive evidence.

The Senate, who was still happy just now, was stunned!

In the upper class, assassination is the most common and most inferior method of attack. It's easy to say nothing if you don't get the handle, but once you are caught, it is 100% ruin.

Therefore, the central government and the Senate strongly denied it, but the rebels did not listen to any explanation.

Except for a small part of the entire rebel army, most of the troops were taken over by the eldest prince Felavi, and the troops attacking the main train station were retreated in an orderly manner and reorganized on the spot.

On the central side, seeing that the rebels returned to the control of the eldest prince Filavi, some people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because in their opinion, the prince was a steady faction of the rebels willing to negotiate.Although the death of the three princes in the assassination caused some stigma to the central government, without him, the radical sect took the lead and called for killing, presumably the next battle would not be fought.

Only a few people noticed something was wrong. After the eldest prince incorporated the other princes' troops, he didn't seem to want to stop!

Chapter 424: Ambition

Within half a day, drastic changes occurred within the rebels.

The three princes were killed, the fifth princes and the eleven princes led their descendants to evacuate the imperial capital in a hurry. Only the prince’s faction group remained in the imperial capital and sent people to take over most of the troops involved in the rebellion.

At about the same time, large-scale mutinies took place in the two major border military regions in the northwest and southeast. Many middle and lower-level officers and some young generals of the young and strong faction suddenly announced that they would respond to the call of His Royal Highness, under the banner of "killing the national thief". He led troops to occupy the headquarters of the military region.

Even the Fifth Military Region, which had been sitting outside and watching the mud legs kill itself before, had some warships in the naval fleet joined their camp.

Many people didn't really see until this moment how huge the power that the eldest prince Felavi had accumulated in secret.Those high-ranking military and political leaders and nobles who openly support him are just the tip of the iceberg, and the vast middle and lower-level officers with the "Officer Penpal Association" as the link are his true basics!

So when this like-minded army came together and saw their leader ascend and raise his arms, Firavi pulled up hundreds of thousands of eager troops in every minute, contrary to the uniforms of the previous stable faction, and behaved to the central government. With aggressive aggression, he didn't even plan to negotiate again.

Looking at the urgent letters sent from all over the world like snow flakes, Howard finally realized that he was being fooled by the younger Firavi.From the very beginning, this kid was the deepest radical in Tibet. On the surface, he united all the princes and sent troops and forced the palace with "restraint". In fact, he gathered all his opponents and gave him a pot of food!

And the previous series of negotiations and wrangling were all about covering and buying time for the officers to launch a lower-level mutiny.Once the preparations for the action were completed, he immediately incited other princes to infight.Howard didn't think that the bloody conflict between the third prince and the fifth prince was really just an intelligence error.

Now he suddenly realized, but it was too late.

Howard threw all the files on the desk, rubbed his temples tiredly, his eyes could not help but fall on a picture frame.There are three young men in their early twenties. The two boys are young officers who have just graduated from military academy. A beautiful red-haired girl in the middle hugs them affectionately and looks at the camera with a bright sun. Smile.

The scene of that bright afternoon a few decades ago is still the beauty Howard often remembers, but the three inseparable friends of the past are now alone in themselves.

Looking at this photo, Howard said to his friends with a wry smile.

"The good son of you two is really amazing."

On the other side, Dragon, who also saw through the intentions of Firavi, under the calm and thinking face, his heart was really very tangled.

There is a saying that "good birds choose wood and dwell." On the side of the central government, Howard treats him not badly, but the traditional aristocratic class headed by the Senate is really unpopular.When Dragoon worked with them, he could always feel an invisible barrier, and sometimes he had to be a little squeezed out.

If it hadn't been for the wife and children, and there were more worries behind him, Dragon might have pulled up the troops and set off to take refuge in the prince's side.

In fact, as early as a few days ago, Firawi had secretly sent someone over to contact him, trying to persuade Dragon to "abandon the dark and cast the light." Recruit him as the deputy commander, and if his Marine First Division can pull it over, it will also be included in the battle sequence of the Fifth Corps.

This Fifth Corps is the first main force of the Southeast Military Region, and the Seventh Armored Division belongs to this force, which can be regarded as the direct line of Firavi.The prince asked him to be the deputy commander of this army, which is considered to be sincere.

Dragon did not agree, but at the same time he did not refuse.

On November 3, the former Sixth Corps of the Central Military Region announced its refuge in the rebels. Together with the two divisions that the navy helped transport from the Southeast Military Region, Firavi had nine divisions and 120,000 troops in hand.Under the change, it is basically the same as Howard's troops.

Relying on the military's strength, Firavi met with Howard for the second time, and issued an ultimatum to him, immediately put down his arms and ceased unnecessary resistance.There is also a long list of "elimination of counter-revolutionaries" submitted with the letter of persuasion to surrender.

This is a condition that Firavi gave Howard. If he is willing to deal with the people on this list, he can let the queen mother and her son live a life, find a beautiful place to settle them, and Firavi formed the new government , Will also prepare Howard a position that matches his fame.