Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 425

Hearing the exclamation of the nobles, Xia Houyan and Lord Guillaume looked at each other, hurriedly walked to the railing of the viewing platform, and looked down.

Sure enough, there was a group of exotic visitors walking slowly towards the viewing stand under the watchful eyes of the imperial soldiers on the rolling yellow sand and stretching as far as the eye could see.

This team of military exercise observers sent by the Federation was headed by a strong orc man. The totem-pattern knitted cloak wrapped around his body, which symbolized the status of an envoy, reminded Xia Houyan of the Indian uniforms on the earth.

The Prime Minister of the Empire, Guillaume Gunter, stood proudly beside Xia Houyan, looked down at the walking orc observers, and uttered a cold and disdainful snort at the shiny green orc heads:

"It's really a group of inferior races with well-developed limbs and simple minds..."

The undisguised racist stance of the prime minister of the empire made Xia Houyan sincerely feel that Ya really should travel to a free country on earth to be re-educated by the elite white leftists.

From Xia Houyan's own standpoint, based on what he saw and heard after he came to Haiwen Continent, it's hard to say which race is more brain-dead, humans or orcs...

Xia Houyan leaned on the fence and looked into the distance, and soon, among this group of dazzling green heads, he accidentally found a delicate flower:
In the lineup of the military exercise observation team sent by the Federation, there was an elf girl with long golden hair and a beautiful appearance. Her bewitching red eyes were as eye-catching as her long pointed ears.

"Is it a blood elf?" Xia Houyan blinked, and quickly recognized the subspecies of this elf girl:

This is not because our lord of Frost Maple Ridge knows much about the elves, but because he has just recently read an erotic novel with a blood elf girl as the heroine produced by Dongbingku, so he has a deep understanding of this group of cultivators. Impressed by the magical oriental elves.

"It seems to be a member of the 'Blood Shadow Elf Protectorate'." Isa also noticed a little red in the green bushes in the federal observation team, and frowned while holding the Lord's arm, "I heard that in the previous battle , this group of blood elves who surrendered to the Federation have never made a move. Everyone thought they would remain neutral in the war! But since this time, the Blood Shadow Protectorate also sent observers along with the Glorious Federation, it seems that this group of blood elves finally I can't sit still..."

"Are the blood elves strong?" Xia Houyan blinked.

Isa smiled wryly:
"I haven't seen the blood elves fighting with my own eyes, but I heard that the special force of the Blood Shadow Protectorate, the 'Spellbreakers', is the natural enemy of our human mages. If the blood elves choose to join the battle, it is definitely not good news for the empire. ..."

Enemy of the magician?After hearing Isa's words, an inferior student from a certain magic school immediately began to think wildly: I don't know if these 'lawbreakers' of the blood elves can restrain necromancers?

However, to the surprise of the Xiahou officials, Lord Guillaume suddenly spoke and refuted Isa's statement:

"Countess Sandria, I think that the ability of blood elf lawbreakers to restrain magicians has been overrated in public opinion... The reason why the mainland public thinks 'lawbreakers' are so-called 'element killers', The most important argument is the "Desperate Gap War" 200 years ago, but that was already 200 years ago... Today, the magic world of the empire has already made great progress, and it cannot be compared with 200 years ago."

"Oh?" Xia Houyan raised his eyebrows, "Master Guillaume, do you still understand the power of elements?"

"Just a little understanding." Prime Minister Guillaume pursed his lips proudly, folded his arms and said, "Master Igor, let me, Guillaume Gunter, say—if we really let the empire on the front line of the Burning Crystal Canyon Magicians, against the lawbreakers of their Blood Shadow Protectorate, the outcome of the two sides, who will win, is still unknown!"

Xia Houyan let out a "huh" and looked at the imperial prime minister with some amusement.

Since the debate between him and Grand Duke Rosario just now, Lord Guillaume has been expressing a positive attitude of "hoping that the empire will take the initiative to attack and defeat the orcs to regain lost ground". Archduke Austria formed a stark contrast.

In fact, Xia Houyan can quite understand Lord Guillaume's mentality:

In the past two years, the empire has suffered successive defeats under the attack of the ice demon mammoth, so that hundreds of miles of land in the eastern border have fallen, and countless people in the empire have been killed or injured;
Such a situation, in the eyes of generals like Grand Duke Rosario, is actually nothing more than a strategic retreat of the imperial army to avoid the edge of the orcs, and the most rational military choice. Some thick-skinned officers can even He patted his chest and said that he was "trading space for time".

However, the unfortunate reduction of the Reich to the Federal Occupation poses tons and tons of political and economic problems for Imperial bureaucrats like Guillaume Gaunt:

Will the noble lords who lost their territory due to the orc invasion make trouble?

Seeing that the empire lost in the war, will the small regimes that have been in contact with the empire reconsider their diplomatic relations with the empire?
There are countless war refugees pouring into the central plains of the empire from the east, in urgent need of relief and resettlement, right?
The empire has lost a huge amount of tax revenue due to the fall of the territory, but the military expenditure has been steadily increasing. The royal family's finances are getting more and more difficult to make ends meet, right?
——Because there are so many troubles, so far, no one hopes that the human empire can reverse its decline and regain lost ground as soon as possible than His Majesty Basil III and the central government of the empire represented by Guillaume Gaunt !
After all, Xia Houyan can clearly remember that the last tsar on earth, because of the defeat of the foreign war, not only abdicated sadly, but was even wiped out by the Bolsheviks...

And even from Guillaume Gunter's own interests, the newly appointed Prime Minister of the Empire urgently needs to achieve some substantive achievements so that his status and power can continue to grow-and the victory on the battlefield in the East , is undoubtedly the most important political bargaining chip he can try to obtain.

Therefore, Lord Guillaume, who is the spokesperson of His Majesty Basil III and the central government of the empire, will have an almost crazy attitude towards the main battle, which is completely expected by Xia Houyan.

However, if one were to proceed from reality, Xia Houyan could not agree with Lord Guillaume's point of view at all.

Ever since the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Force forced a ceasefire peace treaty in Bloodthorn City, the imperial public opinion circle, suffering from the defeat of the war, seemed to have been injected with a shot in the arm, rekindling their desire for victory.

Now, in the eyes of many people in the empire, the temporary ceasefire between the two countries is a signal that the momentum of the green-skinned orcs will continue to decline and become exhausted. In the face of these green-skinned bastards who are "at the end of their strength", the human empire has finally ushered in Turning defeat into victory and regaining the turning point of the war of great rivers and mountains!
The reason why Basil III and Guillaume Gaunt wanted to counterattack the orcs was probably infected by this fanatical atmosphere of public opinion.

However, only Xia Houyan, who has truly led the army to confront the elites of the Federation, knows how terrifying these green-skinned orcs on the other side of the Dust Mountains are—whether it is the powerful bodies of the orc soldiers, or the battles they obtained under the drive of fanaticism. Will, or the astonishing power of the shaman over the power of the elements, these are the capitals of the federal army's disdain for the mainland!

If you count the invincible ice demon mammoth of the federal orcs, even the elite of Frost Maple Ridge who has never been defeated against the orcs will have to bow their proud heads in front of the main federal force in Burning Crystal Canyon.

Because of this, Prime Minister Guillaume's claim of "reckoning against the federal orcs" was, in Xia Houyan's view, an over-inflated confidence, which was tantamount to seeking his own death.

Fortunately, the two supreme commanders, Grand Duke Rosario and General Grant, are both experienced and famous generals in actual combat. Commander, I'm afraid that the humans in the empire don't even know how they died.

The prime ministers of the empire are trash... The observation of Guillaume Gaunt made Xia Houyan's inherent impression more firm.

While Lord Shuangfengling was busy slandering the high-ranking officials of the empire, the federal observation team from the opposite side of the canyon had also crossed the school grounds and boarded the viewing platform under the surveillance of the soldiers.

As soon as the green-skinned orc, the leader of the observation team, stepped onto the platform, the surrounding imperial nobles suddenly dispersed, as if they were avoiding lepers, and consciously kept more than two meters away from these non-my races in the Federation. social distance.

The orc observers of the Federal Observation Team, as if they couldn't see the discriminatory behavior of the human nobles, took two steps forward generously, handing over the diplomatic documents to the Grand Duke Rosario, and said loudly without being humble:
"The Glorious Federal Military Observer Group, it is a great honor to observe your country's military exercises here. May the glory of the God of War shine on the earth."

The overly candid attitude of the orc observer immediately aroused whispers among the surrounding human nobles.

From the corner of his eyes, Xia Houyan saw that many human noble ladies covered their mouths with fans, and showed disgusted eyes at the green-skinned orc observers—as for those noble men, the hatred of the country and the family welled up in their hearts , looked at the orc observer angrily, as if he wanted to eat his flesh hungry and drink his blood thirsty.

Of course, based on Xia Houyan's understanding of this group of imperial nobles, if this group of people were really asked to fight with the green skins, they would all be cowards, and no one would dare to fight.

Grand Duke Rosario is certainly not as petty as these mentally handicapped nobles.He calmly took the paperwork from the orc observer, briefly welcomed the arrival of the other party, and then stretched out his hand to signal Sir Guillaume, saying:
"This one here is the Prime Minister of the Empire, Lord Guillaume Gaunt."

Hearing this, the orc observer squinted at Guillaume for a moment, then nodded slightly as a salute.

——Even the orcs of foreign countries know very well that the seemingly awesome title of "Prime Minister" is actually such an insignificant thing in the imperial system.

Lord Guillaume Gaunt's face was a little embarrassed by the orc observer's negligent attitude.

Grand Duke Rosario had no choice but to continue pointing at the official Xiahou, and introduced:
"This is the Duke of Frost Maple Ridge, Lord Elliot Igor, who is in charge of Southern Military Affairs..."

Upon hearing the name, the orc observer's eyes straightened.

He looked at the senior officials in Marquis Xia with some surprise. He probably didn't expect that the famous Duke of Shuangfengling, who had turned the Dolores Great Plain upside down, was so young.He hesitated for a while, and in the end he gave a respectful salute to Emperor Xiahou in a solemn and dignified manner——

——The importance that the federal orcs attach to honor and respect for the strong is undoubtedly demonstrated here.

And while the orc observer was saluting, the female elf of Blood Shadow City who was following him was also staring at the face of the Duke of Frost Maple Ridge. The envoy's fiery eyes on the senior official Xiahou seemed more like wanting to abduct him to bed, and he was so hungry and thirsty that he couldn't hide it.

Isa Sandria hugged the lord's arm with full vigilance.

Prime Minister Guillaume Gaunt's face on the side became even more embarrassed.

Since the other party saluted, Xia Houyan naturally couldn't be idle.He gave a salute to the orc observer helplessly, and said:
"Welcome to Tumu Castle. Please send good morning, good afternoon and good night to His Majesty the Great Chief of the Federation on behalf of me and the citizens of Frost Maple Ridge."

The orc observer bowed cautiously before straightening up again.

Grand Duke Rosario winked, and then some attendants moved the seats, and arranged for these enemy observers to sit on the ceremony viewing platform.

There was an intentional gap between the seats of the Federation and the seats of the imperial nobles: No matter how much hatred the two sides harbored, at least in the auditorium of this military exercise, no one wanted to see any violent conflicts.

Now that all the guests have arrived, the Civil Fort military exercise named "Peace Mission" officially kicked off with the sound of the gong sounded by Grand Duke Rosario.

The opening program of the military exercise was a military parade of the elite imperial army.Seeing one team after another of imperial soldiers, dressed in armor and holding weapons, passing by under the viewing platform, Xia Houyan really spent 120 points of perseverance to hold back and not stretch out his hand to say "comrades have worked hard!" ".

While the lord was reviewing the imperial troops and was more addicted than the leader, someone suddenly coughed softly behind him.

Xia Houyan turned around, only to find the big, malicious face of Marquis Lane Grant.

The lord groaned inwardly.

"Eliot Igor, I heard that your Frost Maple Ridge military exercises are ready, and I am looking forward to your performance." Marquis Grant smiled, "In addition, I also want to show you in Frost Maple Ridge. After Ling's subjects are over, a special military competition will be arranged: the Central Army will send a few ineffective guys to ask for advice from the elite of your territory... I hope you will not refuse, Mr. Igor..."

"Then I refuse." Xia Houyan rolled his eyes, thinking that I'm not an idiot, how could you get what you want and take the opportunity to trouble me? After all, even though I knew that the narrow-minded Marquis Grant would be in the army Acting against Shuangfengling, I didn't expect that Ya's method was actually such a direct and low-level trick as "arranging a contest"...

It's a pity that there is no one in the empire today!Xia Houyan felt a burst of emotion in his heart.

"Are you really going to refuse?" Marquis Grant smiled as if he had expected the answer from the official Xiahou, "but what if I tell you that there are prizes for the winners of the contest? Twenty sets of 'sacred armor' Heavy cavalry' equipment, including men and horses, is this price enough to invite you to Shuangfengling?"

Xia Houyan originally wanted to continue to refuse, but Marquis Grant, it seems that he really gave a little too much...

(End of this chapter)