Godsend Field

Chapter 336 Chaos
"Fight! Get out of the way, everyone out of the way!" A soldier was galloping on the main road of Ancona on a tall horse, and the crowd around him hurriedly dodged for fear of being hit.The boss who placed the stall had no time to put it away, and was hit by the rushing crowd, and immediately fell to the ground.Such a hasty military situation has not been seen in Ancona for several months!
The soldier rode his horse directly to the front of the palace, turned over and jumped off the horse, and took out the emergency military information and token without waiting for the guards to stop him.The guards stepped aside in a hurry, and the soldiers hurried in, shouting, "Report~~Eastern Expedition Army urgent report!"

Just when the government affairs were discussed in the Hall of Qinzheng, and everyone was preparing for the eldest prince to order them to leave, they heard the muffled shouts outside gradually getting closer and clearer. It was the battle report from the Eastern Expeditionary Army!
The soldiers hurried in and knelt in the middle, "Reporting...the Regent...the Eastern Expeditionary Army...the Eastern Expeditionary Army...the whole army was wiped out!!"

What?Everyone's heart twitched!
The eldest prince's eyes widened even more, and he looked at the soldiers below in disbelief, "What did you say? Say it again?"

"Reporting to the Regent...the Eastern Expedition Army...the whole army was wiped out!"

The eldest prince suddenly felt suffocated and could not speak or move his body.

"You... What you said is true?" Marshal Lankers asked with trembling fingers.

The soldiers didn't say any more, and presented the general's situation. This is the military report sent back by the Marquis of Saint La in the southeast province!The old marshal took it tremblingly, opened it, and the sky became dark in an instant. The old marshal couldn't feel anything, and his body slowly fell to the ground.

"Old Marshal!"

"Old Marshal!"

The generals next to him hurried up to support the old marshal and dragged him back to his seat.Pressing people, touching chests, the whole hall suddenly became a mess.

Nero stepped forward, picked up the military report dropped by the old marshal from the ground, and glanced at it, "Tell us the details!"

"Reporting to my lord, our army was stationed at Hulao Pass. A sudden earthquake that night collapsed the embankment of the Bishui River, and the Bishui River rushed into the Hulao Gorge. Before we could escape, our army was submerged by the flood. The flood continued. Destroyed the fortress we built, and rushed our army into the opposite plain. Not long after, the troops of the Faran Empire just attacked and killed all our soldiers!"

Nero listened to the process, thinking, "Can you explain in more detail? Didn't the flood have any effect on the French army? How could all of our army be killed? Also, where were you at the time, and why were you okay?"

"Return to my lord, as for the Falan Empire, it is too far away, so I have no way to know the details. At that time, I was patrolling the embankment on the other side of the Bishui River, so I was not washed away!"

Nero nodded, "I see, you go down first, go to the station and stay there, you are always ready!"

"Yes!" The soldier saluted and rushed out of the hall!

"The Regent...the Regent..." Nero turned around and called softly.

It took about twenty or thirty calls in a row before the eldest prince came to his senses, and asked in a murmur, as if he was talking to himself, "What should I do, the Eastern Expeditionary Army is gone, what should I do!"

"Prince Regent, everyone is watching you. Now is a critical moment and you must not fall down. There are still many things waiting for you to deal with in the empire!" Nero walked up to him and whispered.

"Yes! Yes! I can't panic, I want to be calm! I want to be calm!" The eldest prince tried his best to calm down his mood, but it was useless, his heart was still like a mess.

Looking at the appearance of the eldest prince, Nero sighed, took two steps back and amplified his voice, "Sign up to the regent, I have something to do!"

The eldest prince mechanically turned his head, "Say, what do you want to say quickly!"

"Regent, according to the military newspaper, the annihilation of my Eastern Expeditionary Army is purely a natural disaster, but we still need to investigate carefully! And now we have a few things that must be done!"

"Those few things, tell me quickly!"

"First, I'm afraid our army's defeat cannot be concealed, so we must appease the people in the shortest possible time to avoid the expansion of riots! I suggest that the glorious record of the Northwest Army beheading 500 million orcs can be publicly announced! We just want to Let the people of the empire and everyone on the mainland know that although our Eastern Expeditionary Army is gone, our Northwest Army is still intact, and we want everyone on the mainland to know that our Welsh Empire The peerless genius Roland has now reached the level of a great magister, and when the Northwest was in danger, he killed a million orcs in an instant and rescued 2000 million innocent people! This comparison can reduce the uneasiness and anxiety of the people fear!"

"Quite! Civil Affairs Secretary Chile, you should do it now!"

"Yes, Lord Regent!" Civil Affairs Secretary Shang Si Chile saluted, and immediately ran out of the Palace of Qinzheng.

"Secondly, please order the regent to transfer Roland back from the northwest immediately! Now the saint is in retreat and cannot be disturbed, but the capital cannot be without a strong man, so we need Roland to come back to the capital and beat anyone who wants to take advantage of the fire! "

At this moment, the eldest prince no longer thought about it in his head, "Sure! Where is the servant, write the transfer order immediately, and I will sign it!"

"Yes!" A servant who was writing a pen sat next to him, spread out the pardon letter on the table, and began to write the transfer order!
"Regent, what happened in our northwest at that time, maybe other empires would not believe it, but fortunately, the head of the Knights Templar of the Illuminati Church, Howe, witnessed all this, and he must have returned to the Holy Land and reported. So we On behalf of our Welsh Empire, Archbishop Makayla can ask the Illuminati to ask them to give Roland a badge of honor from the Illuminati. Even if he does not give a badge of light, he will give him a badge of bravery or a badge of courage! With this badge, There will be no doubts anymore!" Nero added.

"Yes, Deputy Counselor Nile is thoughtful! Roland saved the lives of 2000 million people, and the Illuminati should at least issue a badge!" The eldest prince agreed.

"Third, if I'm not mistaken, the French Empire may now take advantage of our chaos to attack the southeast province, so we must strengthen our defenses, at least to supplement the combat power of the southeast province!"

The eldest prince nodded one after another, "Yes! Yes! The old marshal...you still haven't helped the old marshal to rest in the inner hall? And you should immediately discuss how to re-arm and strengthen the strength of the southeastern province!"

"Yes! The Regent!" The generals below responded.

"Fourth, the entire army of the Eastern Expeditionary Army was wiped out. I think the family members must be sad, and the number of family members this time is by no means a small number, and the influence must be extensive, so we must do a good job of comforting these people at the same time!"

"Not bad! Not bad! Safeiros, you immediately go to arrange the pension work for the Eastern Expeditionary Army!"

Safeiros' face suddenly changed. The pension of 50 million people is really terrible. "Regent, now our treasury is exhausted, and there is not much 'dangerous national debt' left. It is simply impossible to deal with such a huge..."

"I don't care about these things. You are the Minister of Finance. These are your duties. If you don't do well, you can hold your head up tomorrow!" the eldest prince roared, startling all the officials. .

Safeiros couldn't speak, and sat back directly.

"Fifth..." Nero looked around, "I haven't figured out the fifth point yet!"

Until now, the eldest prince still hadn't calmed down, and sat back on his seat.

Instead, the third prince stood up and looked at Nero, "Deputy Counselor Nero, being able to put forward four points in such a short period of time has not only stabilized the morale of the army and the people, but also shocked the neighboring countries. It is a rare talent in the empire. It seems that you No less than Duke Kate! Even worse than that!"

"The co-principal is absurd. The co-principal can maintain this calmness and calmness when everyone is panicking, and he has the demeanor of His Majesty when he was young!" Nero retorted.

The third prince's face turned blue, as if he heard something, he smiled dryly and walked back to his seat.

Nero's four points were brought up, and the eldest prince immediately sent someone to do it immediately.After pressing the mark, the eldest prince gradually calmed down, and kept all the generals and governors behind, and the rest of the ministers went to busy with their own affairs!

"Deputy Counselor Nero, how can I, Sephiroth, have a little friendship with your brother, and we have no grievances, why do you hurt me so much?" Sephiroth chased Nero with a bitter face, "I am a little boy!" Common people, is it easy for me to get to where I am today?"

"Hehe, Saphiroth, you are overthinking. I was only thinking about the interests of the empire. If the family members of the Eastern Expeditionary Army are not stabilized, I am afraid that it will hurt the morale of other troops during the turbulent period of the empire, which will be detrimental to the empire. , and definitely not fighting against you!" Nero said.

"You are right about the matter and not about the person, but the regent doesn't do this. Everything is wrong with him, and he is in a panic! You don't even think about it, the pension of 50 people, even if each person has a hundred purple gold coins, that's not enough. I want 5000 million purple gold coins, not counting other things, can I get them out? I can tell you the bottom line here, there are only 100 million purple gold coins left in the "dangerous national debt", and the treasury only has... "

"Saferos, you don't need to tell me, I'm not the regent, since you are in such a difficult situation, then go and calculate these numbers with him!"

"You..." Safeiros choked, "Dare I say it? I'm afraid this head will move before I finish!"

Nero stopped, stood looking at the sky, and smiled at Safeiros after a while, "Saphiroth, do you think this finance department is yours?"

Safeiros was taken aback!
"You are just the acting minister of the Ministry of Finance. You will never get rid of the word agent, so the Ministry of Finance will never belong to you! If this is the case, why are you so sad?"

"I..." Sephiroth naturally knew what Nero meant.

"Then let me explain to you more clearly!" Nero gestured to Sephiroth to get closer, "I heard that there are two kinds of people in this world who are the smartest, one is those who play power, they can turn black into white , you can turn white into black! You Sephiroth seems to be this kind of person! Besides, there is another kind of people, they play with gold coins. They can turn one gold coin into two, and copper coins into purple Gold coins! And you will never reach this level!"

Nero patted Sephiroth on the shoulder with a smile, and strode away without looking back.

Sephiroth stayed where he was, and suddenly patted his head half a day later, "Yeah, why did I forget about Duke Maxtor! This is his business, why should I worry about it? Oh, I'm afraid of death and panicked!"

After figuring this out, Saphiroth relaxed, strode out of the palace, got into a carriage, and drove towards Duke Mesto's mansion!
Back at the Duke's Mansion at night, Ni Luo greeted Jane and Anrui!

"Nile, why hasn't your brother come back? Didn't you say that the battle in the northwest is over?" Zhen asked worriedly.

"The battle is over, but there are still many things to do! For example, the city of Salo has been destroyed, and my brother is responsible for building it himself, and for those frightened people, my brother has to comfort them personally. It is winter now, The original people of Salo City are still spending the winter in tents, so I must accompany them through the winter!"

"Ah, why do you have to do so many things to be a lord? The city of Salo should not be within the scope of the heaven-sent territory!"

"Mom, although brother is a lord in name, everyone knows that he is actually the governor of the Northwest Province. If he doesn't do these things, who will do it? Also, this time the Northwest Province needs a lot of purple gold coins to rebuild the city roads. But the national treasury can't get a single purple gold coin, so I have to raise enough purple gold coins!"

Zhen shook her hands, "Why is it so troublesome? I thought His Majesty gave these things to God for his enjoyment, but I didn't know it was purely suffering!"

"Mom, worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later! This is what you taught me and my brother since we were young!"

"I...I mean let other people's sons worry about it, not my own son..." Before she finished speaking, Jane immediately felt that she was full of loopholes, and she shook her hands even more, "Forget it, forget it, Just tell him when he will be busy!"

Nero looked at the sky with a natural expression, as if he was calculating something!Godsend has not been found so far, and Nero will not believe the theory of getting lost, but he can't just tell his mother, "I think it will have to wait until next summer at the earliest!"

"Next year's summer!" Jane repeated, "Then I'll wait! Nero, go visit your grandpa after you finish eating. Dad seems to be coughing a little more today!"

"Well, I'm going now!" Nero put down the supper in his hand and walked towards Duke Kate's bedroom.

Duke Kate's face was still pale.Seeing Nero come in, he sat up propped up, "Ahem! Nero, did something happen today?"

"One good and one bad!"

"Bad first!"

"The Eastern Expeditionary Army is completely annihilated!"

"What... Cough! Cough! How about that?"

"I found someone's fox tail!"

Duke Kate pointed to the side, and Nero took the pill and warm water for Duke Kate, and Duke Kate’s complexion became much better, “Tell me about the Eastern Expedition!”

Nero told Duke Kate about what happened in the hall today in detail!
"Well, you did a good job! If it were me, I would arrange it like you! But I will add one more point, that is to re-investigate the cause of the accident of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and divide them into two groups, one in the light and one in the dark , mutual restraint and mutual restraint must find out the real situation!"

"Grandpa, I also thought of what you said at the time. I originally wanted to raise this as the fifth point, but then I held back!"

"why?"

"Grandpa, do you still remember what my brother sent someone to bring back to us last time? It was mentioned that someone robbed the Northwest Army's rations and wanted to cause trouble for the Northwest Army, and this person is probably the third prince!"

Duke Kate nodded, "Of course I remember, Chen Wu's analysis is very reasonable! I completely agree with her opinion!"

"This is the Northwest Army, so grandpa, let's look at the Eastern Expeditionary Army!" Nero sat on the head of the bed. But I have heard the analysis of the old marshals and generals. If it is normal, this Hulao Gorge cannot be stationed, because the Bishui River next to it is too dangerous, and if something happens, the river will rush down unstoppably, and it will inevitably Our army drowned alive, or rushed out to lose the natural barrier! But they are still stationed here. First, it is relatively safe here, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Second, the embankment of the Bishui River is very strong. Open, and we have strengthened the patrol defense on the river embankment, it is very difficult for the French Empire to sneak over and destroy the river embankment! So my Eastern Expedition Army finally chose Lehulao Gorge!"

Duke Kate nodded, "What's the use of telling me this? Didn't the military say it was caused by an earthquake?"

"Grandpa, they say it's just to make up for their own mistakes, or just to say what others say! You think, there seems to be nothing on the other side of the Bishui River, but on this side, after passing the Hulao Gorge, there are nobles The land is fertile and harvests every year. So we can imagine, will they strengthen this side to protect the nobles, or will they strengthen the other side?"

Duke Kate nodded, "Of course it's the nobleman's side!"

"Yes, it is indeed true! I asked, the embankment on the noble side is so thick that people can even live in it, and we have garrisoned tents on it, and the other side is just a river embankment! So the problem arises!"

"what is the problem?"

"Grandpa, which one will fall first when an earthquake occurs between a ten-meter-thick embankment and a one-meter-thick embankment?"

Duke Kate smiled, "It's indeed a problem. I think the ten-meter one fell, but the one-meter one is safe and sound!"

"That's right, the soldier who returned was patrolling the one-meter embankment, and escaped alive! So..." Nero shook his head and stood up, "This is obviously not a natural disaster, and it's completely A complete man-made disaster! If we can make a man-made disaster like a natural disaster and blind our soldiers, then it must not be an invasion from a foreign enemy, but a disaster within the walls!"

Duke Kate closed his eyes, "That's why you doubted someone and didn't bring it up!"

Nero nodded, "The last time my brother sent something back, I was a little dubious, because I couldn't guess how our Eastern Expeditionary Army would lose? Now I finally understand that our Eastern Expeditionary Army started from the beginning, No, from the beginning of the gathering, I have already lost, and I have lost completely and completely!"

"I've been thinking, the eldest prince is so powerful, why did the third prince fight against him and fight with him until now, isn't he afraid that if the eldest prince succeeds to the throne, he will have no place to live? Now I seem to see it , I saw the third prince's half tail exposed!"

Duke Kate sighed, "It's not too late to see now! Now that the Eastern Expeditionary Army is annihilated, the empire will be in chaos! Although you have proposed a few points, it is not enough! Nero, you must work harder in the future!"

Nero nodded, "I will, Grandpa!"

(End of this chapter)