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In July, Aaron, in the heart of the Dorok Mountains, enters the autumn of the mountains, and the fallen leaves flutter and flutter, and the chaotic broken leaves cover the entire city, under a temporary wooden platform in the center of Aaron's city,
It was already densely packed with people, not only occupying the vast flat in front of them, but even the four connected streets were full of people, most of whom were Aaron's civilians, who held their heads high and gave bursts of enthusiastic cheers to their heroes with excited expressions
Drakay, the current Minister of General Affairs of the General Affairs Department of the Parliamentary Army in Dorok, finally straightened his collar, and then walked up to the wooden platform in front of the Great Council of Aaron with a wave of welcome below, because the person in charge of commanding the front line took away most of the Speaker of the Council, he was the Supreme Commander of the Parliamentary Army stationed in Aaron,
Tall, well-thought-out, and forty-one, Dragey was one of the hard-line representatives of the Falcon Empire this time, and he was known for his strong and radical seditious rhetoric.
Half of those who knew him regarded him as an eloquent, and the other half regarded him as a sophist of great fear.
Compared with Duo Xue, an old politician who has been tempered from the whirlpool of the situation, the young Zhuang figure who speaks radically and puts most of the Roque Kingdom on his lips at every turn, is more concerned by the Aarons
"Dear citizens, what is the purpose of our participation in this rally today?" said Dragay, who habitually opened with his most skillful rhetorical question,
Seeing the stunned and confused flashes on the faces of the citizens of Aaron below, he continued, "Is it just to comfort the heroic souls who died bravely on the battle line? no, they sacrificed their precious lives to achieve the freedom and peace of our kingdom of Rak, and we are gathered here to prove the value of their sacrifices."
With unquestionable confidence in his triumphant eyes, he paused and said, "I am talking now about the value of this war! There are more important things than the life of the individual. What is this thing? It's our great kingdom of Daroke!
Their deaths are beautiful because they sacrifice their egos to do the great good. They are all good fathers, good sons, good lovers, and they all have the right to live happily ever after, but they have all given up this right. Go to the battlefield and swear to serve the country. Ladies and gentlemen, I ask why these 50,000 warriors died in battle.
"It's because this war shouldn't have happened!" muttered someone in the crowd as the Aarons below listened with bated breath to Drakai's speech. The people around were stunned,
Drakai's face changed slightly, the ferocity in his eyes flashed, and he said to himself, "Yes. This answer is what I just said, they are throwing their heads and spilling their blood to defend our most of the Roques!
"Is it not worth dying for the sake of such a lofty ideal as Dolok? You must think about it, if we let that tyrant's army cross into the mountains, will we still have such freedom, and we will still be able to assemble here?
No, we will be the slaves of the tyrannical monarch, who will squeeze you out one by one, and he will dissolve the holy council in our hearts,
Those guys who are still saying that they shouldn't go to war. Please sober up,
Your actions will only lead to one consequence, and that is to weaken our own power. Become a lackey of that tyrannical monarch. Therefore, we absolutely do not allow any opposition to be too loose for you! But the price of singing about peace is quite high!"
"If there is anything wrong with this war, it is because there is a tyrannical tyrant in the world who killed your friends, your sons, your relatives, your husband...,
Let us unite together and fight him! Those who oppose the holy war against the tyrant are the vermin of most of us. They don't qualify to be mostly Roques!
In order to defend this free society, to defend our Daurke, the people who are not afraid of death and are fighting on the front line are the real Daurke people! It's a shameless traitor, a great heroic soul who is sorry for the dead!
Our country was founded by our ancestors, we all know the history, and we all know that our ancestors fought for freedom with blood and sweat. You are the only thing we have to defend, can we fight without standing up? Fight for the motherland! Long live the Lords, long live the Parliament. Down with the Empire
With Drakai's passionate shouts, the citizens of Aaron who were gathering below gradually lost their rationality.
"Down with the Empire!"
The surging blood boiled in the bodies of the tens of thousands of people in the hall, and everyone stood up and shouted with Drakai "Long live the Lord! Long live the Parliament! Down with the tyrant!"
Among them, only one officer sat in a chair and watched coldly, with brown eyes staring directly at Drakai on the podium. Drakai was receiving the frenzied response with both hands,
Suddenly, his gaze fell on the officer's position, and in an instant, his eyes sharpened, and the corners of his mouth twitched unhappily,
If the person was sitting in the back, he might not be visible, but he was sitting in the first row. In a warm atmosphere, such a guy appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but hate Dragae, and he secretly glanced at his subordinates standing on the edge of the stage
"Military Palace, why don't you stand up?" the subordinate with a meaty face shouted knowingly
"Why should I stand? I'm not a Doroc!" the officer pursed the corners of his mouth with disdain, and it was only then that Drakai realized that the officer's accent was strange, and it didn't seem to be a native of Aaron
"What do you say,...... You're not a Doroc, and why are you here, sitting in such a prestigious position?"
"Aren't you a country of freedom, do you want to interfere with the freedom of others to attend assemblies or not?" the officer patted the dust on the corner of his shirt with his hand, and said lightly, "Are all your so-called freedoms false?"
"What do you say, how dare you desecrate our spirit of freedom?"
The subordinate waved his hand with an ugly face and a menacing face, "Come on, I have the right to suspect that you are the spy sent to us by the tyrant!" Several guards who were maintaining the order of the scene next to him quickly ran over with long-handled spears and axes in their hands
"What are you kidding?" the officer smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth, took out a piece of paper from his arms, raised it to his subordinates, and said in a somewhat contemptuous tone, "I see clearly, I am Baron Agtide from northern Asuru, and I represent the powerful Asuru." The most needed ally right now!
Don't forget, the so-called heroic warriors of your mouth are still waiting for our reinforcements in the south, if your gaffe will cause the wrath of Lord Asou Russia. Stay in this mountain and die!"
Realizing that he had an ally he could not offend, Dragay quickly put on a calm face as a politician, and his hands on the podium were lowered and he made gentle gestures to calm the crowd. Then, the boiling voice of the people decreased, and a qiē returned to calm. Everyone sat back down.
"Everyone"
Drakai on the stage spoke again, and after a long speech and shouting, his mouth was parched, and his voice became extremely hoarse.
"Now our soldiers on the front line are still fighting against the invasion of that tyrant, and in front of them are the bloodthirsty 100,000 falcons, who need more weapons, more food. What should we do?"...,
"Our powerful weapon is our unified will. We are a free nation, no matter how noble our goals. Nor can it be forced to serve everyone.
"So I can only plead with you here," Drakai paused, his gaze swept over the citizens below who had been agitated, and suddenly raised his voice, "Please support the new bill of war passed by the parliament, we need to gather more supplies and soldiers to devote ourselves to this war that is vital to all the Doroks!"
"Sacrifice the ego to achieve the freedom of the country, but the conscience of the people is clear, in order to obtain true freedom, we should give up the small self and unite. Strive for the common goal of all people. Ladies and gentlemen......"
At this, Drakai suddenly closed his mouth, not because his mouth was dry and silent, but he noticed that a young woman dressed in white was walking through the crowded aisle in the middle of Guò to the podium.
The young girl had light brown hair, judging by the eyes of the men who passed her. Presumably this girl is quite beautiful. With her footsteps, the voices of the surrounding crowd asking each other have been aroused, and the scope of uneasiness is expanding.
"Who is the woman, and what is she going to do?
"Your Excellency Minister of General Affairs, my name is Edes, and I am the wife of Robertis, the commander of the 5th Squadron of the 2nd Banner Regiment, who died in the Battle of the South, and I have 2 children, a 4-year-old boy and a 2-year-old daughter......
The woman's voice was low, and she stepped up to the podium and said, "My husband has sacrificed his life for the country, and it is his duty as a soldier, but I want to know, what do I feed my children, three days ago there was no food at home, and there was no food in the market, and it was said that it was all levied by the new war bill of parliament for free, and just this morning, my youngest daughter finally completed her short life, is this what the new war bill brought us?"
"This ......"
Even the eloquent Drakai was dumbfounded, and could only say with a cheeky face, "I feel sorry for you, ma'am......!"
Drakai couldn't say anything, and subconsciously glanced at the vast venue, only to see tens of thousands of listeners silently waiting for his reply. The entire crew watched with bated breath as the woman who had lost her husband did.
"You have no need to comfort me, I just want to feed my children," said Edes calmly, alleviating the embarrassment of Drakai, and said with a look of grief on his face, "You are a role model for the women in the rear, and we will certainly compensate you for your loss." Edes looked rather calm and said, "Thank you." I just want to ask one question right now."
"Oh, what's the question, I'll do my best to answer you!" said Drakai, visibly relaxed
"Where's your child?"
Drakai blinked, and most of the audience didn't understand the purpose of the question, and everyone blinked.
"What did you say?"
"My husband went to the frontier to defend his motherland, and he is no longer alive. Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, where was your child at that time, and where were you, who celebrated death?"
"Madame......"
Anyone could see that Minister of General Affairs Drakai's body trembled slightly, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes, as if he was standing in front of a flame
"Where is your family?" Edès looked at him intensely. He still asked in a loud voice without mercy, "My husband has already sacrificed his life for the country, didn't you say that sacrifice is necessary? My child is gone, so where is your child?"
As far as I know, there was a big banquet at the Lord's Mansion last night to celebrate. The three sons of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications are all here, but where are they now, and the three sons of the Minister are secretly controlling the food."
"Guards!" shouted Delachai, looking around, "this lady is not normal, take her away, this woman is crazy!"
Before the guards could move, Edest's wrist was suddenly grabbed. As she struggled, she looked up and saw that the man was the Baron Agtaide, who claimed to be from northern Asuus, and was watching her with concern.
"Let's go!" whispered the baron, who called himself Argetide, "this is not the place for you. As the two walked side by side, the crowd turned their heads to watch, but quickly returned their gaze to the podium.
At this moment, Dragae, who was on the stage, was speaking in passionate words: "Ah, free people, we will never be able to conquer ......!"
"That's a bunch of self-righteous idiots!" Edes vaguely heard the corner of the officer's mouth say disdainfully, on a street corner. The young officer let go of Eds's wrist and looked stern, "I can only send you here, there are tracking eyes behind me." You have to leave right away."
"Eyes?" Edes glanced back in surprise, and sure enough, she saw several figures dodging and following behind, "You mean, they will follow me and kill me!"
"And your children, you just reported your name, but now they have begun to investigate your home address!" the young officer grinned, and pulled out a bag of silver coins from his arms
"Take the money and leave immediately, you have affected their interests, so they will definitely not let you go, if you have the opportunity, leave Aaron and go to Elle in the north. Or maybe there's a chance to live!
Edes's face turned slightly pale at the thought of her only remaining son still waiting for her at home, and she hesitantly took the bag of silver coins handed by the officer, whispered "thank you" before staggering to the other end of the street, and the officer turned around and used his body to block the path that the follower behind needed to pass. Several figures hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly turned their heads and left
The officer looked at the time hanging on the tavern opposite, turned and walked to the other side of the road,
There were a lot fewer pedestrians on the streets, and the occasional person walking on the street also looked worried, and the excited and high-spirited assemblies gathered on the front lawn of the parliament were like two people.
The wind swept up a fallen leaf on the side of the street, autumn in the mountains is always earlier than in the plains, with such a feeling, the officer stopped in front of this grocery store, looked at the long queue in front of him, and a trace of pain flashed on his face, "It's really helpless, just for that bullshit minister's speech, I can only go hungry today!"
The façade of this shop is not large, but it still attracts many people to look forward, quietly hiding the basket in their hands behind them, and a pair of eyes are rolling around the queue.
These are the people who try to cut in line, and as soon as they find such a person approaching, the people in the queue nearby will be vigilant, and they will keep their eyes open and staring fiercely at these non-obedient ones, hoping to use their gaze to drive away these abominable fellows like flies, but their efforts are obviously ineffective,
"One qiē for the front line!" Under such a slogan, the Dorok Council has just issued a decree prohibiting the trade in grain, and the daily supply of food is compressed again, if you can't line up, the whole family may go hungry, so most of the Aaron civilians can only go to line up early in the morning, and those who arrive first can get some advantages,
Except for those fanatics, for most of the Aaronic people, the whole month of June and July is an extremely anxious day, in addition to hearing bad news from the front every day, but also to start worrying about the depleting supplies, with the Falcon Empire's embargo, all the roads leading to the outside world in the Dorok Mountains are closed, at this time the Asian Critics really feel that the war is not as good as the politicians say, the price of goods has skyrocketed, it has been much higher than before the war, especially the food is extremely scarce,
Because of the war, many farmlands were overgrown with weeds due to the lack of sufficient labor, and the volume of trade shrank significantly. The number of unemployed people has also reached a 100-year low, which is enough for people to devote all their spare energy to the war.
"Young patriarch, good news, that stupid guy from Asu Russia broke through Hulan Bay City, but Di Casti calculated him well before he died"
As soon as he walked into the door of the villa, an old housekeeper ran over excitedly, raised the secret letter in his hand and said
"Expectedly, with Dicastie's temperament, how could he hand over the position of the Lord of the Three Ministries so lightly!" the young officer hung his clothes on the hanger with an indifferent expression
"It's really funny to say, who would have thought that before the city was broken, Dicasti, the old fox, actually sent someone to secretly bring the golden arrow representing the three masters of the past dynasties out of Hulan Bay City, and now it is missing.
In other words, Asu Russia is the first Mibu master in a hundred years to not have a golden arrow! It's a big joke!" If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. ). T