Chapter 237: The Fall of the Empire (3) (2/2)

Truthfully, the vassal countries had a point The E too ht that they would do soh it so far

The E up troops would be dangerous and had even helped them cross into the Empire’s borders Thanks to that, the border had been codoms ran ithin

From the perspective of the Empire, this was like a bolt out of a clear sky

BANG!

“Those insolent fools! How dare they do this?! Are they testing me?!”

Emperor Gilbert shouted harshly had he pounded his fist

Having been hit out of nowhere, his eyes were filled with rage If the kings of the three kingdoms were captured, it seemed like the E him like that, an old advisor stepped up to advise him

“Your I the three kingdoht now, sire”

“Placate theainst my command and invaded the Empire, but you want me to placate them? Are you out of your mind?”

The old

“Unfortunately, Your Imperial Majesty, most of the Empire’s national power is in the war”

“Don’t underestith of the Empire!” The Emperor jumped out of his seat as he shouted “Immediately order all the nobles of the Empire to mobilize Have each family head lead his troops directly to the Imperial Capital If a family head cannot come, have the heir come instead This is an Imperial edict Those who fail to obey will be held accountable”

The E what he had to say

The nobles ere left behind st themselves about the situation

“What does he mean by a mobilization order across the Empire? Does His Iht now?”

“What kind of nonsense are you saying?”

“The ardoms have already crossed the border, but he wants us to lead our men to the capital? I doubt the province nobles will quietly follow his orders”

“Then, do you have a different opinion than His I that we have to placate the three kingdo this?”

“They’ve just become overconfident How dare they aim a sword at the Empire?! They’ll have to pay for it with their blood”

“What a frustrating person you are! The ones who are shedding the most blood are our soldiers and citizens How do you not know this?!”

“Shut up, you defeatist! Are you trying to destroy the prestige of our E His Imperial Majesty’s order?”

“Defeatist? Aren’t you the ones who are driving the Es!”

“How dare you?!”

There was loud opposition ast the nobles in the hall and soed each other to a duel Having been oppressed by the Ean to question as responsible for the war Of course, the nobles who supported the Emperor and war stood up to face them

If opinions like this could not be coainst, then the political arena would only be a fried had planned; he was playing with thefried had utilized the scorched earth tactic, went to the Lester Kingdom to form an alliance, and had sent David to pour oil onto the fla supplies to support the Empire

All the vassal states had felt burdened by the E the Empire war supplies, they had always paid tribute even in times without a war Even with all that, the only reason they hadn’t been co statusBecause the E power, it was iainst the Empire That hy they had endured it even when it had been unfair

But now, the situation had changed

While the Eood as it used to be Since their disastrous defeat at the hands of the Republicans during the war in the Valence Kingdofried had taken advantage of that situation and let David off his leash For David with his excellent ability to manipulate people, this was the most appropriate mission

The current situation was the result

Due to the vassal countries’ intervention, the Empire quickly fell into chaos The Imperial vassal countries, which had always sent the loere now rebelling This shook the very foundation of the Empire

Like the Eather the troops, but it wasn’t easy The invading vassal countries weren’t focused on advancing to the capital and killing the E the land itself It was alhly pay back what had been done to them by the Efried’s plan Even if the vassal countries gathered their arainst the Eathered if the Empire drafted the people and mobilized all the troops as the Efried had told the vassal countries to sow chaos within the E the capital

He had ather up its strength and the vassal countries carried it out perfectly They raided the provinces and co

Later on, historians would say:

[The three kingdoms who had been under the control of the Empire held deep-rooted hatred towards the Eeance bordering on madness and everywhere they passed by, not a rass was left behind]

Under such circumstances, there was no way the Imperial edict issued by the Emperor could have been carried out

In order for the Eth to respond to the vassal states, the cooperation of the nobles was essential But even if the nobles wanted to cooperate, it was impossible

How could they lead their men to protect the capital when they didn’t knohen the invaders would attack their own lands? Unless they were blindly loyal to the E to carry out the reckless order For the provincial lords, their territory was their asset, their foundation, and seat of their fah the entire Eathered The Eave excuse after excuse and didn’t participate in the war or only showed up and did as little as possible

All of them believed it was more important to save their own territories Soether and resisted the Imperial pressure

[The current crisis in the Eer follow such an incompetent Emperor and so, our Eastern Coalition will part ith him]

Now that it had co apart