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Oktoku Kyoto Acropolis Antok,
There were not many people on the cold streets, from the negotiation site in the city center to the suburbs for 5 miles, all under the control of the Falcon Army, thousands of Falcon Army tents, reflected under the crimson trees, spread out like a huge fan outside the city,
The neighing of war horses, the sound of soldiers mobilizing, and the dust raised can be seen from miles away, in order to conquer this fortress city that is guarding the northwest of Kyoto, Salon, who is in charge of the main attack, has spread out 20,000 troops here.
After ten days of fighting, one-third of Antok's buildings had been completely destroyed, another third of the houses had been severely damaged, and only the last one-third of the houses were still largely intact
But they didn't last more than a month, so the Falcon soldiers preferred to live in their tents rather than in these dangerous houses that could collapse at any moment at night.
The once picturesque town has now become a mess of ruins, and there are burned houses everywhere, black bricks and stone walls burned, and large craters that have been blown apart by oil bombs.
It was in this suffocating and oppressive atmosphere that the whole city looked gray, the breeze blew and the dust was choking, and it was in this suffocating and oppressive atmosphere that the Roude negotiators entered the predetermined negotiation site through the desolate Falcon barracks outside the city.
Yag Helen put down the curtain of the carriage a little timidly, it was like an unimaginable hell, although she was very strong, but after all, she was still a girl who grew up in the deep palace, she had never seen what cruelty was, at the age of such a flower, surrounded by the praise of everyone and the envious eyes of her peers, when had you seen this!
Those who have not experienced war can never imagine that there is such a place in the world, although the streets have been cleaned up, and the corpses piled up on the fighting points have also been cleaned up.
But the broken weapons everywhere, the hideous and terrible stains of blood, and the broken armor that you see everywhere on the corner of the street, in the rubble pile on the side of the road,
It's a vivid portrayal of hell, walking here, the air breathed between your nose is mixed with the smell of blood, and the wind faintly in your ears seems to be mixed with the shouts of soldiers.
"Is this war?"
A trace of horror flashed in Yaghelen's eyes, and the broken scene in front of her reminded her of another picture that came to mind, the military flags all over the mountains, the overwhelming camp tents, only when she really faced it, she found how strong and terrible the army that forced the kingdom of Goude to death, the spears like a forest, the murderous falcon formation, you can't feel these in Kyoto,
Everyone only knows that the front line was defeated, the kingdom was defeated on the front line, many people died today, how many people died tomorrow, which acropolis was captured by the Falcon army again,
As a princess, such news is often heard, some from the maids, and some from her father's desk in Yagrolk.
But those were just numbers on the report, 10,000 or 20,000, those were just numbers, not even a little shocking, and Aaghelen never imagined what a tragic picture it would be when these numbers became bloody realities!
It's like now, when I really stand in this place where two armies once fought fiercely, looking at the city that has almost collapsed most of it, and looking at the bloodstains that have not yet been cleaned, those reports that can only be called numbers suddenly come to life.
On August 10, the Acropolis Antok was besieged, and his subordinate defenders numbered 8,000 men, and fought to the death for eight days, killing 5,500 people, capturing 1,300 people, and missing more than 1,000 people.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, don't be so nervous, the Vecchia Falcon is not as scary as you think!"
As if sensing the nervousness in Yaghelen's heart, a pretty figure sitting opposite her leaned over and whispered, "Actually, if you go to the north and actually understand it, you will find that the Vecchia Falcon is not as rumored outside,
The title of tyrant is also called only in our great virtues, at least what I see there is a peaceful world, where soldiers fight for honor and military merit, merchants run for wealth, and all the tenants have become homesteaders who own land, you must not think, but in only a few months, the once proud Ryordian people have begun to call themselves the people of the Falcon Dynasty!"
"Anjienaline, it seems that you are familiar with the Vichia Falcon!" Agnhelen turned her head and glanced at her best friend sitting across from her, her pretty face revealed a smile comparable to the bright moon, and quipped, "I heard that you were sent to take over Crimson Rui as the head of the Northern Intelligence Group, presumably the intelligence of Vekia Falcon should also be the focus, tell me about the characteristics of this person, I think it will be helpful for negotiations!"
"Well, Your Highness Princess, if you want to understand your opponent, you have to take a look at this first," Angelin chuckled at the corner of her mouth, and took out a stack of papers from the chair behind her and placed them heavily in front of Ag Helen
"What is this?" Yag Helen's bright eyes glanced at Wen Jiàn on the table in confusion,
"Vecchia Falcon's archive!" Anjienalyn smiled, picked up one of the texts, and turned one of the pages, "This is the precious information I have collected in the north for half a month, and there is a life and file of Vekia Falcon, which records the life and archives of this despicable guy, such as living habits, how many women there are, and so on!"
"Is it?, such precious information, why didn't you report it to the Ministry of Military Affairs?" Yag Helen picked up a copy casually, flipped through it carefully, and his eyes suddenly lit up, women worship heroes the most, not to mention Yag Helen, a girl like Yag Helen who is deep in the deep palace, who has just fallen in love, and the name of the first god of war in the continent is enough to attract any woman of this age
"Report to the Ministry of Military Affairs, what are you kidding, this is my personal property!" An Jie Nalin put on an unwilling look, and her hand subconsciously put on Wen Jiàn, obviously cherishing it very much
"Do you know? In order to collect this information, how much effort I have spent, and even mobilized the entire northern intelligence network, if it is handed over to those old stubborn hands of the Ministry of Military Affairs, they will definitely be locked on a high filing cabinet, covered with dust, crushed by rats, and finally turned into worthless shredded paper, this is the result of your mouth handed over to the Ministry of Military Affairs!"
"If it's not for the sake of collecting the enemy's files, then why are you spending so much effort collecting these?" asked Arghelen, frowning in surprise
"Only when you go out, you will know how wonderful it is outside, the former Bade has almost closed off all outside news," Anjienalyn said as she paused in her voice and looked out the window at the falcon crest on the fluttering battle flag on the battlements, her eyes showing adoration
"Do you know what that tyrant in my eyes is like? A small lord in a remote mountainous area, who stood up in times of crisis in the kingdom, with fearless ambition and an invincible army under his command, defeated the invincible military god of one powerful opponent after another, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have thought that there would be such a legendary person in this world! I think the most correct decision in my life is to go to the north, so that I can look at myself and the kingdom with new eyes."
"Invincible God of War, now we are also the object of his overcome" Yaghelen glanced at Anjienalin, and with the slender fingers of white gloves, he gently put down the archival document in his hand,...,
Anjienalin is her best friend who grew up, from the Anjie family, the first wealthy family in Kyoto, this family has always been inextricably linked with the royal family of Ryode in the 500 years since the founding of the country.
In the records of the royal family, there are 34 princesses with the name of Anjie, which is enough to show that the bloodline of the Anjie family and the bloodline of the royal family have long been fused together, and the royal family and the Anjie family have long been blood thicker than water.
So in this negotiation, Yaghelen deliberately brought his best friend, not only because Anjienalin once served as the head of the northern intelligence and knew something about the inside story of the Northern Falcon Dynasty, but also because Anjienalin can be said to be the only person she can trust now.
There are dozens of people in the negotiation team, but only this one can really be trusted, most of the other members of the negotiation team are full, like this kind of surrender negotiation that is likely to be recorded in the pillar of historical shame, no one who has a bit of self-respect is unwilling to come, so except for a few qualified deputy heads, it is basically a group of soy sauce representatives, humming in the negotiations, and then nodding and having, and finally ending, there are more such people in history, small fish and shrimp, and the clerk does not have so much leisure to record these people
At this moment, the carriage in front of it suddenly shook, "stop for inspection?"
"Presumptuous, this is the convoy of the German negotiation team!" At the same time, the deputy head of the regiment, the deputy head of the military affairs department of the German, Ruikusack, said in a thick accent
"This is the order of His Majesty the Falcon, in order to prevent any assassins from entering the venue, everyone must check it, even the frame of Her Royal Highness the Princess......"
A falcon officer at the level of a flag commander stood in the middle of the road with righteous words, and behind him were hundreds of falcon crossbowmen who were waiting for battle.
The powerful crossbows of the infantry in these flat hands had already drawn their powerful bowstrings, and the sharp arrows shone in the sunlight with a chilling glow, threatening to shoot everyone in the entire negotiating group into hedgehogs at any moment
The deputy head of the military affairs department of Roude, Rekusack, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty under the aim of countless arrows, and his face changed, and the temporary change of face of the Falcon Army made him wonder if the assassination plan was exposed, but he still insisted, "Okay, other cars can be checked, but Her Royal Highness the princess's car can't drive, otherwise it will be the biggest insult to our Roude."
Seeing that the Roudes insisted on not allowing the princess's car to be searched, the falcon officer could only say that he needed to ask for instructions from above, and soon Prais, dressed in full attire, came out accompanied by several guards
"This is our Adjutant Chief, Lord Prais!" Officer Falcon told the Roude negotiating team.
"Prais!" Rekusack, the deputy head of the military affairs department and the deputy head of the negotiation team, was stunned for a moment, and then immediately straightened up with a stern expression, and respectfully gave Prais a great military salute, "It's an honor to be able to meet Your Excellency here!"
Rikusak didn't know the official position of the Falcon Dynasty, but the name Prais was enough to explain a qiē, Prais, the former Minister of War of Ryerdian, a well-known iron-fisted figure,
With an iron-blooded and tenacious style, with his own strength, with a ruined country, independently resisting the hideous iron hooves of the Dongting people going south, although it was a former old enemy, but the Roude soldiers still gave a very pertinent evaluation to the supreme military commander of the Ruierdian people, the important minister of the troubled times!
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lord Ricussac!" Prais held out his hand to Rycusac, and just then, a white light struck from Plais's side, and a cluster of arrows shot through the gap where Prais and Ricussack were holding each other, and slammed into the ground with a thud
Prais was stunned, and so was Rycusac, and it took a full minute for Ricussac to react and return, this is an assassination, right? But who did it? Didn't the assassination start during the negotiations?