Chapter 1134 (1/2)
On the tenth day, the rain in lottel still showed no sign of stopping, but the legions of Byrne and Elman had packed up and were ready to set off.
For a legion, too bad weather is as terrible as plague - but there is no way. Brandon, who is far from the front line of eboden, is ready to blow up at any time. If he doesn't leave quickly, his royal highness may really leave others and fight an eboden war that determines the fate of the Empire.
At the thought of this, Yuli vilz's expression became very complicated; It was because they were afraid that Brandon might make his own decisions that they had to take the risk of marching in the rainstorm.
But for Lauren, it was not difficult for him to understand why Brandon did so.
authority.
As Brandon himself admitted, he may be the most authoritative crown prince in imperial history and the ”half supreme emperor” who has mastered real power. There are personality and all external factors. More importantly, the death of two consecutive emperors led to the rapid decline of the power and dignity of the heavenly palace.
For this reason, as the representative of the heavenly palace and the royal family, he can no longer lose a bit of prestige. Even if he sometimes wants to lose face and suffer, he must continue to do it, because he must ensure that the de sallion royal family can be fully respected.
For the major ”giants” of the Empire, the way to maintain prestige is different - Byrne's ”Chivalry”, Boye's ”nomadic tradition”, Arle's ”cruelty”, Arle's ”unity”, lottel's ”commitment”... While the imperial royal family is ”tough”.
Because he is the emperor, symbolizing the supreme power of the Empire; He does not play a role through negotiation, negotiation and regulations; The Empire was not an alliance between several principalities, but a relationship between a strong man and his conquered vassals.
The emperor never compromised or negotiated, and the emperor only gave orders; Those who disobey orders will be punished as they deserve; Those who humiliate imperial power are either spiritually surrendered or physically destroyed.
Any harm to imperial power must be answered with the strongest response; The protector of imperial power is the Emperor himself.
If Brandon had room for ”compromise” and ”reason” before Severin de sallion was killed, he must remain tough after the Royal relative was executed in public, otherwise he will leave the impression of ”weakness” to outsiders - even if it is only a little, even if it is only possible.
It is almost the same reason to order Loren to join the armies of the three principalities. Brandon needs to use this to establish and show his authority. A letter can make the Dukes of the three principalities and their armies come to serve him on schedule despite heavy rain and all kinds of difficulties and obstacles.
What he wants is not reinforcements, but the news of the victory of the battle of lottel, plus the presence of the three Dukes in front of him... As for the army, with the width of the eboden battlefield, another 100000 and 200000 is only a digital difference, which can not really affect the situation of the war. 10000 knights are not even as effective as a giant dragon.
So before the official departure, Loren had to talk to a Female Elf again to ensure that she and lottel abide by the previous agreement.
……………………
”Well... I need an explanation.”
Under the pouring rainstorm, the almost drenched black haired wizard was very confused. He looked at the Female Elf on his side and glanced at the lottel Legion on on his side with the corner of his eye: ”what's going on?”
”What's the problem?”
The waist inserted Female Elf stared, with an expression of ”you dare say you'll hit you if you have a problem”: ”lottel will abide by his agreement and send troops to help the Imperial... Crown prince, this is a bad name!”
”No, you misunderstood; I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about...”
”Don't worry, I know - when I meet the crown prince, I'll kneel down on one knee and salute him or something... Lu Wen taught me this before and said that I can't use it one day - in short, it won't embarrass you, will it?”
Then the fairy tilted her head and blinked her eyes to say ”what's the problem?”
The black haired wizard sighed heavily and was ready to break the jar.
”Well, let me put it another way.” powerlessly raised his right hand, Loren pointed to the lottel Legion waiting in the rain: ”although I'm not good at math, and the rain is too heavy to block my sight - even if it rains hard, I know that the lottel Legion standing there is absolutely no more than 5000 people!”
”According to the imperial mobilization order for all-round war, each principality should send all standing and conscripts to join the Imperial Army; tell me, what can we do to make Brandon de sallion believe that these five thousand people are all lottel's troops?!”
In the face of Loren's unbelievable question, the Female Elf took it for granted.
”This is not all the fighting power of lottel, to tell the truth.” Leah blinked again: ”I just told them who wants to stay, and the rest went to eboden to fight Azores with me.”
”So...”
”So only these five thousand people are willing.” Leah patted Loren on the shoulder with an expression of ”I know what you mean” and continued: ”don't worry, in addition to the original ruwen's guards and knights, there are nearly 1000 elf soldiers in the ancient wood forest. These five thousand are basically the most elite combat power of lottel... They won't lose face in front of the crown prince on the battlefield.”
”As for the remaining twenty or thirty thousand people... Aaron will take them to recover the Shenlin fort in the north, wipe out the Azores and rebuild it.”
”Oh, by the way, and yingshou castle... Ayin told me before that we should dig canals and reservoirs before the dry season. It also needs manpower. If we take all the soldiers away, lottel can't complete these works by relying on women, children and the elderly alone. We have to keep them here.”
”So you still don't understand what I mean!” Lauren simply didn't know how to explain to her:
”The relationship between this matter is no longer just the outcome of a war, but also the relationship between the Empire and several principalities, the next generation of emperors and dukes after the war. This is the key for lottel to send troops and must send troops!”
”The Duke of lottel has been loyal to the vault of heaven for generations; so if a Friedman did so, Brandon and the vault of heaven probably have nothing to say... But you are different!” the dark haired wizard said in a deep voice:
”You are not loctite, not even Imperial... You need Brandon's help if you want to hold the position of Lord of Loctite; and if you want the help of an emperor, the best way is to show how loyal you are to him.”
”I know lottel is very difficult right now. You have to recover your lost land, rebuild your homes, and maybe even prepare to resist drought and plague - but the more difficult the conditions are, the more you do everything possible to cooperate with the Empire, the more you can show your loyalty to her, okay?”
The fairy thought for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully, ”so it is... I see.”
Lauren breathed out, but before he could speak, Leia across the street suddenly changed her subject:
”So if I didn't need his help, lottel wouldn't need so many troops... Right?”
Looking at the rightful Fairy on his face, Loren found that he really had no way to explain.