Four-Armed Divine Emperor

Chapter 151

—When he decided to renew his subscription for another week, an unexpected guest arrived and interrupted Al's long rest.

It also surprised him a little.

......

"Did they really send troops?" Al doubted.

"They really sent out troops!" the messenger said with certainty. He was also one of El's descendants, ranked around the hundredth one, the kind whose name El didn't even remember.

Anyway, the tacit connection between him and his offspring does not require him to call out names. Even if he issues an order to a hundred kids at the same time, they will know who Al is giving the order to.

"They really met in Moria, formed an alliance, and came to attack me!"

"The real coalition forces are coming to attack!" The son answered his father's doubts affirmatively.

He just rushed back from Moria.

Many of Ai'er's descendants have been sent to the countries of Thurso to carry out various infiltrations. As extraordinary beings, as long as they don't jump into death and are shielded by their psychic talents, it is basically impossible for them to be discovered and targeted.

Especially when their main targets are mortals, they are invincible. The hypnotic and charming abilities that psychic powers can easily achieve are enough to conquer an entire country.

The messenger transformed fourteen subordinates in Moraria, the capital of the Kingdom of Moria. Seven of them were third-generation descendants who were identified as "high-quality" after inspection. They only needed to wait for three to four months to mature and their instincts to awaken. They would become seven first-ring mages (warlocks) + psychics.

And there seemed to be only two spellcasters in the entire country of Moria.

It is the kind of thing where just using a spy to develop freely, in less than a year you can gain the power to subvert a kingdom head-on.

Al stepped down from the throne and paced back and forth on the steps, stroking the nonexistent beard on his chin, squinting his eyes and thinking about one thing: "How dare they!"

"Do they have reinforcements?" "Or I will let Moria take action immediately and strike first!" The messenger's son cooperated with his father as a qualified supporting actor.

Al waved his hand: "No rush!"

"Play with him!"

He further explained, "Our apparent strength is the four spellcasters we have now. If we were in Moria, it would be fine. But if your children were to start trouble, it would probably be bad."

"It would be bad if our special features were exposed. I suspect they'd only be able to recruit one or two wizards as reinforcements, which would only add new members to my family." After saying this, Al immediately issued an order: "Inform your brothers to assemble the army. Then send someone to Moria to negotiate with them. Tell them that we agree to maintain the existing border and not invade each other."

Of course, this is impossible.

Although according to Al's idea, it only takes a while for his descendants to infiltrate all aspects of Moria, and then take the initiative to provoke civil strife. The descendants control each other's forces to "kill each other", and then one or two "Shi Jingtang" and "Wu Sangui" will appear, and ask him to make a "Norman entry into the Pass", so that he can have both the inside and the outside.

However, since the nations of Serso came here voluntarily to die, he didn't mind catching them all in one fell swoop.

The messenger nodded and asked, "What if they say Mirle and Arseni?"

El was firm: "Tell them, these two places are not negotiable. They have mountains to the south and Brio to the north. That means Mirler is northwest of Moria. They are basically a small country isolated by Brio. I can't let them go even for the sake of a beautiful map."

"What's more, these people have kidnapped my people. Their crimes are unforgivable! Tell them so!"

117: Eastern Expedition

El's request for negotiation was respected by Moria, the local boss. The royal capital Moraria made a grand gesture and received the Son of El, who came to the city as an official messenger, with extraordinary treatment.

The current King of Moria is the younger brother of El's previous queen. He is now in his prime and different from the conservative and steady King Franz. King Wayne of Moria is very enterprising. Since he ascended the throne, several major conflicts have broken out between Moria and neighboring countries. It was because Franz married his sister and he had more spellcasters that there was no fighting between Brio and Moria.

He was also keen on reforming internally, imposed some restrictions on the nobility, and implemented some effective policies to encourage production and improve people's lives.

On the throne, the king, who showed a pioneering spirit, talked a lot, expressing his admiration for Ai'er and his desire to learn, and how he wished he could "go there in person and listen to the sage's teachings."

But when it comes to the issue of alliance between the two sides, they avoid the topic and try to change the subject.

This is the so-called "dove" tactic.

It dragged on like this for two days.

Seeing that the enemy's army was still gathering, the messenger's descendants could also see that the Kirin Tor, Ionia, and the coalition forces of the three countries led by Moria did not give any idea of ​​giving them a period of rest.

After all, it had only been a year since Ai'er arrived in Thurso, but he had already conquered a big country, and his legions were also capturing cities in the territories of two other countries.

Caesar's southern army defeated the main forces of Mierre and Arseni in three consecutive battles, taking tens of thousands of prisoners of war. Even the king of Arseni was taken prisoner after the war and was taken to Calvik in a prisoner cart to be handed over to Ayr for disposal.

With such "glorious performance" in the past, it is hard to believe the promise made by such a person that "we will be in eternal alliance with each other from now on and will never invade each other in the future."

In the civil war in the Kingdom of Blaeo, the number of extraordinary people on both sides was 2v2, and neither side had a clear advantage. Al defeated O'Connor.

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Shirel did not show up in the final battle, and afterwards seemed to have acquiesced to the status quo of the change of royal power.

Even though Ai'er had previously defeated Shirel, other countries were not very aware of it. And even if it was, so what? The coalition forces could mobilize a total of ten spellcasters, including three fourth-ring mages.

The strength on paper is almost three times greater.

Not to mention that they far outnumbered the mortal soldiers on Brio's side.

After a civil war, the royal army of the Kingdom of Bleio suffered heavy losses. Even if it recovered, it would be difficult to reach its previous combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

As for conscripted soldiers, there is no need to mention them.

Even if Al completely controlled the country of Blaeo, the power and force he could mobilize would still be far inferior to that of the coalition forces that were twice or even three times his size.

Even if they used human lives to fill the gap, they would still have at least twice the number of troops after draining the magic power of El and others.

With such a huge advantage, how can we not fight?

This coalition's eastern expedition was primarily instigated by Wayne, King of Moria. After all, his kingdom was closest to Blaeo, with the shared territory stretching almost halfway along the border. It would surely be better for his neighbor to go from "brother-in-law" to a transcendental being who played with the world without knowing his own joys and sorrows.

In fact, Al doesn't mind saying that King Moria calls him "brother-in-law".

After all, this is the fait accompli.

But obviously the latter will not be happy.

Moria was the most wary of his rise. They were the closest, and the intervention forces arrived first. They even fought a battle with the Norman Legion not far from Calvik. Both sides suffered losses, but the Moria chief was captured, so they had to retreat to the border to rest and reorganize. By the time the military preparations were completed, Calvik had fallen, the king was killed, and the new king ascended the throne. Ai'er formed a regency council with four wizards.

So I had to retreat back to the country and pretend that nothing had happened. I did not send any intervention troops, not even a single soldier. When asked, I said I didn't know and didn't explain.

But the Moria people must be on guard against El'er. For example, if he had not attacked the two countries of Arsenemirler this time, perhaps the coalition would not have happened. But since El'er has already exposed his true face, the countries of Thurso, who have suffered once, do not mind uniting to resolve the threat in advance. As long as El'er is not a bored seventh or eighth-ring transcendent who comes to a poor demon land like Thurso to live, then his personal power is ultimately limited. He can influence the situation of the war, but unless the soldiers gather together to die, ten of him may not be able to massacre ten thousand soldiers.

After the Southern Army took away tens of thousands of people, the only main army in the west of the country was the Norman Army led by the eldest daughter Elsa.

Its main components are the previous Normans. These people are generally fanatical in their beliefs and their physical fitness is better than other places. They are a very useful source of high-quality soldiers.

The enthusiasm for joining the army is also very high. The entire area around the city of Norman provides Eyre with a force of half a million men. In fact, if Eyre does not care about production and public opinion, it will be no problem to have all men serve.

The combined number of soldiers under Aisha and Cyrus was 14,000, but 6,000 of them were soldiers of the old kingdom who were later incorporated, and their combat effectiveness was questionable.

No matter how you look at it, the strength of the coalition forces is in an absolute upper hand, just like King Franz of Blio who was slowly gaining confidence at the beginning. They think that the advantage is on them, so how can they lose this time? They will play steadily and use force to defeat the opponent's tricks. How will the opponent play?

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So it was impossible to talk. Just like the United Nations Declaration, Al thought that the coalition wanted to completely crush him, and preferably drive him out of the border area - in fact, it was almost the same.

The first goal of the anti-mage kingdom siege formed by King Moria through alliances and coalitions is to severely damage the strength of Ai'er's mortal followers in the war, so that the high-ranking extraordinary people will be unable to rely on the legion and fanatical followers to control the situation inside and outside the country.

When the time comes, they will raise the banner of restoring the legitimate king, and they will surely attract many followers. This is the first and most critical step.

As for the rest...

That's it.

No one wants to fight to the death with a mage who is at least at the fourth level of strength.

They were not like King Franz who took a gamble and used the magic-breaking gold to assassinate Al.

As long as they can achieve the first goal and limit Ai'er to the territory that was expanded even after the first border war, it will be enough for them. It is equivalent to defeating Ai'er from a vassal force that is equal to them and even poses a huge threat, and degenerating him into a powerful lord in the country of Brio.

After all, there is no reason to go to great lengths to weaken the power of domestic lords for the sake of the Blaeo royal family.

This was slightly different from what Al had imagined, that the other party would do whatever it took to target him and fight to the death to get rid of him, but it wasn't much different either.

118: Arseni

The capital of Asseni.

Fort Asseni.

Because the Asta people originated from a loose city-state cultural circle, a city is a country, and a country is named after the city, so the countries created by the Asta survivors are basically like this, first creating a capital, and then the name of the capital city is also the name of their country.

easy to understand.

On the towers, the golden eagle banners symbolizing the Arseni fell to the ground, and in their place were replaced by the Star Dragon Banner (a completely primitive dragon totem, similar to the Ouroboros).

Residents locked their homes

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, hiding at home, the brave ones would stare at the stories happening in the city through inconspicuous gaps or holes, with wide eyes, while the nervous family members could not help but ask in a low voice about the situation outside, and were frightened by the noises made by the soldiers passing by outside the house from time to time and hugged each other.

On the way to attack the two countries, the Southern Legion led by Caesar showed two extremes:

Those who did not resist were not harmed at all, but those who showed the slightest disobedience, regardless of their wealth or status, would be punished at the very least by having their property confiscated and their entire family exiled to Normandy.

At the same time, because Aseni and Mirle are mostly inhabited by loosely dispersed mountain people, they have a strong culture of village autonomy and headmanagement. Each village and settlement has a "village chief". The headman can be regarded as the highest official who combines administrative and military functions, and is a small half-independent lord who has deep control over the people - provided that the headman can guarantee the interests of his own tribe.

Therefore, when Caesar conquered the South, he launched a targeted attack on the chieftain class. It was not enough to just not resist, but they had to take the initiative. If they did not take the initiative to cooperate with the conqueror, they would be regarded as hostile. When the Norman cavalry arrived, they would be surrounded and killed. The leaders would be punished in front of their tribes, their property would be confiscated, and their families would be captured in order to establish their authority.

He also distributed part of the chief's property to the local people to appease their hearts and make them realize that a thought of thunder and a thought of rain would turn into dew, so they would not dare to resist again. This was enough.

When attacking Arsene Castle, Caesar ordered his men to use catapults to shoot the heads that had been collected before into the city, causing great panic. Most of these heads were the chieftains, nobles and their tribesmen who had looted and captured slaves when they entered Bleio. A few were lucky enough to surrender quickly in exchange for a chance of survival, while more people were directly taken out for execution after their identities were discovered, their homes were searched, and all the looted people were sent back to their homes, and they were compensated with the confiscated property.

It took only three days for the army to reach Arseni Castle and capture the city. The entire Southern War had lasted less than three months. If Caesar had not deliberately slowed down the march and advanced slowly in order to lure out the enemy's main force for a decisive battle in the field, forcing the powerful princes of the two countries to concentrate their forces and take the initiative to fight him in the field, he would probably have needed less than a month to reach Arseni Castle and capture it.

After defeating the coalition forces of the two southern countries in a series of field battles, everything else fell into place.

......

The ferocious Norman warriors and the strong men with shining weapons in their hands rushed into the palace gate that had been knocked open.

Caesar and several of his brothers stood on a tower in the outer city, overlooking the situation inside the city. The "hired" (coerced) civilians on the street were helping the conquerors clean up the corpses and carry them outside the city for unified claim or burning.

This place is very good for observing the situation in the palace. Caesar looked down at the building. The last group of guards loyal to the Arseni were gathered inside and fighting desperately. The Norman army attacked twice but failed to capture it. Caesar frowned and made a silent call. A figure flying over the city in the sky immediately swooped down as if it had received some order, and its target was directly the palace.

After doing all this, Caesar turned around and looked at his brothers, saying, "I heard that the king of Arseni is a bachelor and has no queen?"

One of the heirs nodded. "Yes, he made a terrible mistake in his youth, and therefore took a vow of chastity." Caesar's eyes flickered with coldness as he heard this. "In that case, there's no point in keeping him alive. Should we hang him in the square?"

King Franz of Bleau was killed by his own son. Before the city was captured, Al failed to capture him. Later, in order to show his magnanimity to the dead, he ordered him to be buried with royal rites.

So it is better to be dead than to be alive.

If King Franz were alive, the mere fact that Al revealed his queen from Moria in front of him would be enough to make a man so angry that he would vomit blood. There is no greater humiliation than this.

So Al is a little regretful in this regard.

He did have his bottom line of principles. Okay, that was nothing. As long as he didn't resort to shady and despicable means to steal or rob, he would stop there. But he didn't have so many scruples about his enemies. When King Adwin was a guest in Devengail, Al often took Zeina to a place only separated by a wall from the room where the prince was imprisoned, and had sex with her. Once, he even let Zeina take the initiative to talk to King Adwin, while he accelerated his impact halfway, causing the princess to moan continuously, while the prince on the other side quietly disappeared.

After all, the princess was just a concubine and not a real wife. Strictly speaking, Al had never had sex with her husband.

Although he was not fully aware of what his father was thinking, Caesar had a rough idea. If the king of Arseni had a decent queen, he would not mind temporarily sparing his family's lives and sending them to Calvik for El's entertainment.

But if not, there would be one less reason to keep him alive. According to Caesar's practice, the simplest and most convenient way to do it is to execute him directly in front of the residents of the capital to intimidate the whole country.

One of his descendants added: "He has no wife or offspring, but he has brothers and sisters. His sister is the queen of Mirler, and he has a younger brother who is his designated heir. He can kill him first, let his younger brother ascend the throne, and then send him to Karlvik."

They were discussing a very cruel and obscene act in a normal tone, as if they were talking about eating a bowl of rice today.

Even those famous brutal conquerors, such as several tyrants in Zoroastrian history, directly sentenced a monarch to death just for the king to humiliate his wife in front of her husband.

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It is extremely exaggerated that the throne can be used as a urinal, but none of the sons and heirs would think it is strange.

In the minds of all descendants, there are three priorities from top to bottom:

Ai'er, the tribe, and other brothers.

All descendants cannot be simply described as "fanatics". To some extent, every descendant can be said to be a "saint" of the "Four-Armed Father" Ai'er.

The kind that never betrays.

Soon, as Caesar's first monster offspring was sent into battle, the attack of the extraordinary creatures on mortals culminated in a one-sided massacre within the Arseni Palace.

After a large number of armed guards were slaughtered, the remaining people gradually gave up resistance. All the palace servants huddled together and knelt on both sides of the aisle to welcome the conqueror.

119: Preparing for War