Pivot of the Sky
Chapter 141: 139, Neither Life nor Death
Medanzo manipulated the shuttle out of Amon's territory, which was much faster than riding a horse. Amon told him to be careful on the road and try to avoid the densely populated city while flying in the sky. A few more days later, the protégé sent to the Temple of Isis should have returned long ago, but no one had been seen. Amon was a little confused.
Isis Temple's supreme authority is the Virgin, and it is the High Priest George who is responsible for all the paperwork, and only these two can deny his request. Is it really so important that the volume is not borrowed by Mary or George Amon? It's very unlikely in public or in private.
Amon was about to send another man to Isis Temple to hasten it. Unexpectedly, the Messenger of Isis Temple arrived at this time. Amon was surprised that George the High Priest himself sent the book to the door. More surprisingly, George also brought a message with a man.
The news is about the Kingdom of Baron and the Kingdom of Hattie, which fought a short time ago, and the Kingdom of Hattie suddenly withdrew under the prevailing circumstances, as King Lucille drove.
Along with Gilgamesh's invasion of the Eju Empire, the elite Marduk regiment of the Kingdom of Baron and the Kish regiment of another city state regiment have assembled at a ferry in the middle of the river. As the Uruk Legion advanced into Ecuadorian territory, occupying large tracts of land in Cape Town State, the Marduk Legion and the Kish Legion also took advantage of the opportunity to cross the river to approach the Turk Plains.
The army of the Kingdom of Baron is stationed in the north-eastern corner of the Syrian desert, south-eastern corner of the inland lake, and awaits the news of the Uruk Legion. If Gilgamesh's strategic intentions were to materialize, the Baron army would no longer be concerned, and the entire Syrian desert would be under the control of the Kingdom of Baron, taking over the entire Duke plain while crossing inland lakes to the north.
Hati had just reached a peace agreement with the Egyptian Empire and was unwilling to fight again, but there were strong enemies who had to regroup their armies and push them to the south-western corner of the inland lake to wait.
The Khati army has not yet been fully withdrawn, and it is convenient to regroup at this time. King Lucille did not return to the front line and went straight back to Wang Du. Before proceeding, he wanted to reappoint Grey as commander-in-chief of the battlefield. Indeed, no one was better suited than him. But Gore refused the appointment and recommended Prince Asher to the King.
Prince Yasser is Lucille's favorite youngest son, this time with the King's Prince. During Lucille's abduction by Amon, Grey was not in the front camp. He had acted as commander-in-chief of the battlefield and was the rule. After a great battle, the prince followed Gore in vain pursuit of his teachings. He was also very well acquainted with the leaders of the front line. He was the commander of the battlefield. His identity, experience and connections were appropriate, and it was a rare exercise opportunity.
Lucille Ben had a somewhat cynical influence in the country, a suggestion that was in the middle of nowhere, so he pushed the boat along and appointed a sub-commander-in-chief of the battlefield. Prince Yasser himself had a few points in his heart, and begged Grey to be the main cleric of the whole army. This was a new position that had not previously existed. In fact, he assisted the Prince in commanding the battle on the front line, and Grey nodded his head and said yes.
Prince Yasha was named the Commander-in-Chief, but he was obedient to Gore's words. He was strongly advised not to move as a soldier. Prince Yasha kept his eyes open and was not in a hurry to engage. The two armies faced each other remotely, but in a strange state of silence.
Ecu and Hattie are allies, and Gore sends people to Cape Town State every day for the latest war reports. Soldiers do not fight, but a group of magicians in the army can be exhausted and fly shuttles alternating, day after day. And the Baron army over there is waiting for news from the Uruk Corps that once the southern front stabilizes, they can march in.
Even a great magician would normally take more than two days to fly a shuttle from Camp Hattie to Cape Town State if he stayed strong enough not to overconsume. At the same speed, it takes more than three days to cross the desert from Camp Baron to the rear of the Uruk Legion. This means that a shuttle will take seven days for the Baron Army and five days for the Hati Army.
In fact, the Barron Army did not send such intensive and uninterrupted messages to Gore that a magician mastering high-order space and gaseous elemental theology could fly the shuttle, at least a highly powerful level 6 magician. How many magicians would it take to travel uninterrupted every day? No one knows how long the current confrontation will last, and it is also a huge human drain.
Enqidu, the first samurai of the mainland, descended and Gilgamesh retired in disguise. Gore was informed in the first place, exactly four days ahead of Barren's army. At the time of the news, Prince Yasser was strongly advised to march immediately to launch a raid when the Barren army had not yet reacted.
The battle plan was also drafted by Grey, who commanded the three regiments of Enrir, Anu and Nanar in the hands of Prince Yasser. Grey's march route was not directly to the barracks in Barun, but directly from the Syrian desert in the south, where the Nanar regiment launched an attack to the north.
Of course, this regiment was unable to defeat the Baron army, and the Enrir regiment returned and surrounded itself during the march, after which the retreating Nanar regiment blocked the Baron army's rebellion. As for the most elite Anu regiment formed by Gore himself, he ignored the disadvantage of the war in the rear, breaking through heavy defence lines into Baron's territory and occupying the crossing in the West Bank of the River Junior.
This tactic of interfering with the enemy and penetrating the two regiments of the Kingdom of Baron caused a major disturbance, and once the Junior River crossing was lost, their backtracks were cut off. Barren's army initially won several victories, forcing the Nanar and Enrir Legions into the desert, when the Anu Legion took over the ferry and seized the logistical weight of the enemy's build-up on the banks of the river.
At Grey's suggestion, Prince Yasser divided the Anu Regiment into two divisions, a small one to strangle the West Bank of the Junior Bottom River, obstructed the reinforcements crossing the river in the direction of Baron, and a large part returned to the division to surround it, knocking on the Baron army, whose path had been cut off. Barron's army collapsed when it was almost flat into the inland lake. It was only after a long struggle that they were forced to stand steady by the lake. They were no longer able to retreat from the Battle of Backwater.
Mutations in the wind and clouds on the front line also shook the Kingdom of Baron and urgently mobilized the AEA Corps to reinforce it. If Baron is stronger than Hattie, it has a wider border, a larger population, fertile land, abundant property, and abundant livelihoods, but the power of the State is not entirely equivalent to military force. Under the command of Prince Yasser and Gore, Hattie has taken an absolute advantage in the war around the inland lakes.
Baron had two of the biggest problems in trying to reinforce the front line, and it was feared that the Azerbaijani regiment would not be able to reach the front line in time, even if it could, to forcibly cross the river to seize positions in the West Bank. The crossing of the ferry has been lost, the cost of crossing the river is enormous and the time consumed is long. Eighty-nine of the army that is waiting for help cannot be sustained.
In this context, the Kingdom of Baron ordered the reinforcements to expedite their march while sending envoys on a shuttle to the Hati battalion to negotiate peace. Reconciliation is a plea of defeat, and they are willing to pay a ransom, ask the Khati army to lift the siege, and then return the two regiments to the eastern bank of the River Junior, so that the losses on both sides can be minimized.
This is an affair of disgrace to the State, but the messenger must have a sufficiently important status and ordinary ministers are not qualified to speak. The royal nobles pushed to push, and eventually the errand fell to Prince Feng Nyu, who had always been idle and low-key. Prince Feng Nyu was apparently uninterested in the battle for the throne, so he was able to meet a variety of talents in folk history, which constrained other nephews of King Hamorabi II. This time they are collectively recommended so that Feng Niu can carry the blackpot.
The king wanted to send Princess Xiaoxi as his messenger, and the princess slipped her head, claiming that she was ill and did not show up, and several of the king's nephews jointly recommended Feng Nyu. The state matters are important. Prince Feng Nyu is still in charge, even though he knows it is not a good thing.
Feng Niu brought only two of his entourage on a shuttle operated by the great magician Jacques to the Hattie camp to negotiate. Prince Asher, please tell Gregory what to say. It is strongly recommended that the plot against Prince von Nyu be “dragging”, neither rushing to reach a result nor rejecting a demand for negotiations; that the Baron army be “trapped”, neither launching a siege nor giving each other a chance to breathe a breath; and that heavy troops be mobilized to strengthen the defense of the West Bank.
The longer it takes, the more miserable it is, and the stronger the defense of the juvenile river, the more favourable it will be to the situation in Ha 'aretz and the higher the price that can be demanded in the negotiations.
This is how Prince Asher did it. The negotiation was not too slow. The price was getting higher and higher. Prince Feng Niu was humiliated and promised to take his scalp down. The young Prince Ashitaka, who had won such a glorious victory for the first time officially commanded the army, had a somewhat swollen mentality and finally made a demand.
He asked the Kingdom of Baron to acknowledge that much of the West Bank, which had been captured by Hattie's army, had been officially ceded to Hattie, just as Gilgamesh had requested of the Ecu Empire. Prince von Nyu dared not to say yes, even if the Kingdom of Hattie asked for more money and goods, it could tolerate it, but such demands exceeded the bottom line. Even if the Kingdom of Baron could agree, he himself would bear the curse of history.
Prince von Nyu, who had always been modest, finally got angry, decided not to talk about it, and said to Prince Yasser: "If His Highness persists in his opinions, then wage a showdown, even if you can destroy the two legions of Baron and occupy the land of the West Bank of the Youngest River, your own losses will not be small. And the Kingdom of Baron will strike back with the strength of a nation, and no one will be spared! ”
Having said this, Prince Feng Nyu was ready to leave immediately. Even the previously agreed conditions were invalidated and the negotiations officially broke down. Grey commanded the army on the front line, and Prince Ruya set up a battalion to negotiate. Heard the news hurried back immediately to remind His Highness that his request was indeed excessive. If he did not want to turn his face over completely, he could not talk like this. He could not turn a victory into a long hostile war of attrition.
Prince Asher also regretted at this time, hurry to retain Prince Feng Nyu and retract his previous excessive demands for renegotiation. At that time, the AEA Corps, which had come to reinforce them in Baron, had arrived on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, had not forcibly crossed the river and was awaiting the outcome of the Prince's negotiations. It was at this time that King Hathai sent an alarming message, forcing Prince Ashima to hasten the end of the negotiations and withdraw from the army!
King Lucille is dead. He died of a violent illness. According to official accounts, Lucille was terrified when he was abducted by Amon, his mental state was never very good, and he caught wind chill on his way back to Wangdu. Although he was carefully regulated by the priests, he never improved.
After returning to Wangdu, the king's mood slowed slightly and relaxed. In the palace, the banquet was crowded, but drinking too much alcohol caused an acute illness, and the latter half of the night did not heal his death. The King's cause of death is questionable, but all court records are unbroken and no one dares to say anything more. The kingdom cannot live without a monarch for a day, and before the king's death it was handed down to the eldest son, Ennis. While Prince Yasser led the battle, his elder brother had taken his place in the crown of Wangdu.
King Einis will mourn his father after his succession and send an urgent message to the front line. On the one hand, he will notify the king of his death and the news of the new king's succession. At the same time, he will rush Prince Yasser back to the King to attend Lucille's funeral and order Gore to succeed the commander-in-chief of the battlefield.
Yasser and Einisburn are the champions of the throne, each with its own power in the country, and it has long been understood that the new King after Lucille is necessarily one of the two. This time let Yasser lead the army, with the help of Greer, Lucille has obviously wanted to pass on to Yasser, and the establishment of Kung Fu is only a pavement, while also building the prestige of Kia in the army.
But nobody expected Lucille to die so suddenly that his eldest son, Ennis, took advantage of the situation and appeared to be well-known, and the new king's successor was a fait accompli. In his capacity as king, he ordered Prince Yasser to be removed from his post as commander-in-chief of the battlefield and returned immediately to the King to attend Lucille's funeral. If Ya did surrender his right to the army, wouldn't it be like death?
Yasha was shocked when he received the message. He found Grey to talk all night. The contents of the meeting were unknown to the two people, but Yasha Prince came out of Grey's large account and immediately ordered the messenger from Wang Du to be held under house arrest, and strictly told that the message should not be divulged so as not to shake the heart of the army during the Great War.
Prince Asher, claiming not to believe that his father was dead and sending a messenger back to the king to "verify” him, suspected that the messenger was a traitor to the Kingdom of Baron and deliberately disguised himself as the king's messenger to disturb the heart of Hattie's army.
This pretext was reluctantly sought, and Lucille's death was true. Yasser was merely delaying the return of his own messengers from the King before ending the war with the Kingdom of Baron, eager to conclude negotiations. Prince Feng Nyu also seemed to have heard something. The situation on the negotiating table was reversed. Instead, Prince Ashikai was anxious to send Baron a sum of money and hurriedly send the Baron army away.
Prince Feng Nyu had picked up a big cheap job in the name of humiliating the country. He also learned that he would accept it if he did not raise excessive conditions, still paid a symbolic ransom and reached an agreement between the two countries to demobilize each other.
Prince Asher of course hoped that the sooner the better, so Prince Feng Nu did a spectacular thing. He entered the barracks of the Baron Army with only two of his entourage passing through the siege of the heavy Hati Army, bringing out two regiments of heavy casualties and fatigue, all the way back to the security zone on the eastern bank of the River Junior. Then the Khati army retreated, and Prince von Nyu led the reinforced Air Corps to cross the river again, recovering the previously war-torn West Bank landslide, with no blood blades from head to tail.
This caused tremendous sensation in the Kingdom of Barren. In the mouth of the people, Prince Feng Nyu also became a legendary hero. He was alone in the enemy camp and did not disgrace his mission. One could be a millionth master! After the fall of Enqidu and the retreat of Gilgamesh, a new hero was indeed needed in the minds of the people of the Kingdom of Baron to recover that deep sense of disappointment. Prince von Nyu's presence coincided with a moment of unparalleled prestige in the country.
His identity is that of a prince, one of the rightful successors to the throne, unmatched by Hattie's Grey or Equus's Amon.
Without mentioning how Prince von Nyu became the hero of the entire Kingdom of Baron, Prince Yasser of Hattie did not surrender his military rights. Instead, he returned to the King to attend the funeral, as ordered by the new King, but did not return himself, but led the elite bike riding in the army of Hattie. The Enrique Corps was originally stationed in Wangdu, following the Prince back to the place of residence, and the Generals under Prince Yasse, in the name of attending the King's funeral, took all the elites and swept all the way to Wangdu Hatusha City.
George had just departed when Menfis received the news. It seems that civil unrest in the Kingdom of Hattie is inevitable. I heard that Grey also returned with the prince to Wang Du, and I don't know what role it will play.
Amon was deeply saddened to hear the news. He had captured Lucille, the former king of Hattie, alive for half a month. Though the king is not strong, his body is not so weak, and he has the accompanying archmage to rule at any time. He should not die so quickly. It seems likely that there will be no inner affairs.
He is also deeply sorry for Song. He led the Hati army and fought extremely well in both of the battles under his command. He should have won big battles. The result was an undefeated ending twice. King Lucille was the one who dragged his legs behind him. The king is dead, his death is the last and worst evil country, it is no good from life to death.
With emotion, he asked George with a bitter smile: "General John, if your wounds have been healed, why don't you come to the Legion of Angela and follow the High Priest to me instead? ”
George brought in a "guest”, John the former commander of the Angela Legion. Not long ago Amon had recommended him to succeed the Legion Leader, and Pharaoh had not vetoed him, saying that he would wait for John to be wounded before appointing him. It's time for John to assume his duties. How come there's free kung fu in Ammon's territory?
When John heard the question, he slapped the table heavily and said: "Don't mention it, Grand General! I was dismissed when I first took office, and I was demoted to the rank of Lord! ”
Amon was surprised: “What's going on? Is it your temper again, what's wrong this time? ”
George shook his head, “The consequences were complicated before this, and I can't blame General John for his tantrum. Let me explain slowly. ”
Pharaoh did not contest the face of Amon and the military, and when John returned to the MFA to report the injuries, Pharaoh ordered him to be appointed Legion Leader of the Ann-La Legion and to take up his duties today in Cape Town State. John was a straight man, and he went right away.
Just on John's way to Cape Town State, far from the capital city of Pharaoh and the Ecumenical Ministry, several reports of impeachment of John were received. It was a long story. As long as I was practicing in Ammon, I cleaned up a few clerics who couldn't help themselves. It was John who dragged them out of the army formation and beat them to death with his own hands.
One of the clerics was badly injured, and I don't know if he pretended to do it himself or if it was too heavy in John's rage. Anyway, the man took the opportunity to move out of the army and went back to the rear to take care of his injuries. Ammon did not yet have absolute authority, and all the clerics were under George's authority, and George had to nod his head because the cleric was the distant nephew of Chancellor Egusta Joseph.
The cleric may be greedy for life, afraid of death, unwilling to be on the front line, or unwilling to be so humiliated. But then Amon built his magic work on the battlefield, and the accompanying clerics of the Legion of Ann La were rewarded with a noble glory. Of course there was no credit for that cleric, who was always sneered at and laughed at all day, and therefore particularly hated Amon and John.
Amon Kung Fu was so impressed that it was not wise to look for him now, and this man stared at John. There was a lot of work to do to get John. There was a small thing that didn't move him, but there was a very serious accusation that John had publicly denounced Pharaoh's order as farting.
It was just after the battle with the Khati army that the news of the surprise attack by the Uruk army had not been heard, and Pharaoh had ordered Amon to be relieved of his post as commander. John happened to meet the messenger on his way halfway. Heard the news was very angry and angry: “Bullshit! Amon is a samurai. Is there a better position than the head of the Imperial Legion? Even if he were to be appointed to another post, he could have been the head of the regiment! ”
At that time, John pressed the handle of the sword, and under the crowd of soldiers, the frightened pooper's face was white. It happened that the great Julian magician came with Pharaoh's second order to appoint Amon as commander-in-chief of the battlefield, and John did not continue his tantrum.
This could be a big deal, if no one was to pursue it, it would be over, and a general would be rude. But the nature of the problem is serious if the investigation of evidence is to be taken, the evidence is to be obtained and the article is to be drafted, and a written impeachment report written in divine language is sent to the Ecumenical Ministry and Pharaoh.
Pharaoh claims to be the interpersonal spokesperson for Horus, symbolizing the will, guardianship and dominion of the gods, and his official command equates to the validity of the Messenger of God. Who would dare say that the Oracle is fart? This is disrespectful, it is a blasphemy of the gods, it is an affront to the dignity of the Empire and must be severely punished!
A cleric, afraid of not being able to make such a wave, found the Imperial Chancellor, Joseph, crying, and the Chancellor secretly intervened, so he obtained the autographed testimony of the envoy at the time, as well as the testimony of others present, and then went on to impeach him in a book.
The imperial prime minister's intervention was a separate consideration, and he also wanted to use it to combat the military forces that had emerged after the war, particularly to diminish the impact of the new rise of Amon. Although Amon has surrendered his military power, John remains the most important of his ranks, following Pharaoh's cues to a lesser extent.
Despite such impeachment and corroborating evidence, successful ministers are not easily disposed of. The Ecumenical Ministry is planning to send someone to Cape Town to confront John and ask him if and if so for what reason. This equates to giving John an opportunity to explain. But then another thing happened: the cleric who impeached John in the book was killed, and the killer was not caught.
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