Blood Dragon

Section 190 Chance

"My lord general." Robin was a little surprised.Because Baylor was "sick at home", it was basically Robin who sent all kinds of news files.But Robin never read the contents of these secret letters before Belair.Even if you look at it, it is those documents that are not sealed and clearly not confidential.

"Cruel enough! Really ruthless!" Baylor murmured.He didn't hear Robin's words and was completely lost in his own thoughts.In this case, Robin could only stay aside and wait quietly.

The letter was held in Belle's hand, but he squeezed it with the strength of his sword.The entire stationery was crumpled into a ball.

Baylor maintained this posture for a long time.As far as Robin felt, it took almost half an hour or even longer before Baylor finally returned to normal.He also loosened his hand, and put the letter on the table instead.

"My lord general, you were just now..." Robin didn't dare to say that Belle's face was ashen and full of hatred, but changed his angle. "What is 'hard enough'?"

"The Gruni people are ruthless enough," Baylor said. "Or that little queen is cruel enough!"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you still remember that Ashurfat? According to what you said, it is probably the one from the Scarlet Duke."

"Of course I remember...what's wrong with him?" Robin had known for a long time that after the little queen left Fornoros City, General Ashuruffat was the commander.Unfortunately, the church refused to participate in this civil war, otherwise Robin would definitely find a way to send this secret to the church.In Robin's view, it's not up to vampires to intervene in human affairs.

"At first I thought," Belle's voice sounded normal, but Robin felt that the general was pretending to be relaxed. "There is a [-]% chance that he is the Scarlet Duke in disguise. Now this possibility has been reduced to [-]%."

"What did he do?" Robin was a little confused.

"He's charged with 'containment treason,'" Baylor replied. "Killed all the residents of Fornoros City... Well, it's not considered to be all killed. There are still hundreds of lucky people who survived."

"Slaughter... Slaughter the city?"

"That's right." Belle replied. "It's a massacre of the city! It's similar to what Garunas, the sage of the wilderness, did. There are many records of this kind in the books... But it's a bit interesting in contemporary times."

"But... but... is that a civil war? Massacre?" Robin's surprise was not because he had personally experienced the horror of this word, but because he couldn't believe it.

In fact, within the scope of the Central Seven, civil wars are not uncommon, if not commonplace.Among other things, Ryan has been caught in a large-scale division and civil strife before (this is also credited to Baylor's manipulation).However, in civil wars, there are rapes and looting, ethnic vendettas, and military discipline that leads to military excesses. But when it comes to large-scale massacres of civilians... this is not common.

This is also a very normal way of thinking, because in the civil war, mass murder does not make any sense at all, and it seems stupid on the contrary.Especially like Gruni, there is no country with a relatively independent nation in the country.

"That's right, although spies can get some key things wrong... But this kind of intelligence can't be wrong?" Belleel sat down, and he seemed to be thinking about a certain plan, but finally made a noise A sigh of abandonment.

"Rugged enough, decisive enough! Robin, do you know... I always thought that the 'blood theory' was absurd in the past, and even a few occasional exceptions could not shake my judgment. But now it seems that this kind of The theory is still very correct, it's just a matter of scope of application."

"My lord general..." Robin was still in shock, still thinking, and couldn't turn his head around for a moment.

"That's right! That's right! It's a matter of scope of application. The theory of bloodlines is not suitable for every bloodline..." Belleel's thoughts seemed to have completely shifted to a matter that had nothing to do with the current situation.

"My lord general! You said that Gruni's little queen... no, it should be that Ashrufat who ordered the massacre of the city?"

"That's right, it's been done quite thoroughly." Baylor pointed to the previous letter, motioning Robin to read it by himself.But this time Robin didn't dare to look.

"This should be a very stupid atrocity!" Robin shouted. "In this case... isn't it the expansion of our country... no, is it the best reason to punish the people?"

"It's useless!" Belle said. "The little queen played very cleverly. Before this incident happened, she went back to Falcon City and entrusted the full authority to attack Fornoros City to General Ashuruffat. So like this As soon as she came, she completely disassociated herself from this matter. If our country wants to use this excuse to launch a war... The little queen can only throw Count Ashurfate into the prison easily, and all excuses It vanishes immediately. Then what can we do?"

"Ah..." Robin froze.

"That Ashrufat...According to the official statement, he was a squire and nobleman before. The so-called 'squire and nobleman' is just a polite name, and he is essentially a commoner. He is because he loyally defended the queen in the coup d'état. He has meritorious service, and was canonized as a nobleman. Such a person is very bachelor, even if he commits such a crime of massacring the city, it doesn't matter - because everyone knows that he is a newly canonized nobleman, a nouveau riche. This is like an inferior student , even if he fails a test, his teacher will not be angry. On the contrary, if a top student fails a test, the teacher will definitely be furious. You know what I mean?"

"My lord, what do you mean...no matter what kind of crimes Aishuruffat commits, it will not damage the queen's reputation? If our country uses this reason as an excuse to invade, then this excuse is completely untenable?"

"At least the impact wasn't huge. So ... it's not just a stupid atrocity, it's an elaborate conspiracy," Baylor said. "The biggest difficulty in this conspiracy is to find someone... a guy like Ashrufat. This is a position of a 'dead man', and the person who does this job must have the consciousness of being abandoned by the monarch. Now you understand me Why do you say Ashurfat is probably not the Scarlet Duke anymore."

"If it was the Scarlet Duke, he wouldn't do such a stupid thing...it's tantamount to suicide." Robin had already fully understood.I don't know if it's because Beler's words are very convincing, or because he himself feels something wrong with the matter of "Ashrufat is a vampire".

"That's right. Ninety-ninety percent of this matter... is at the behest of the little queen. It is a plan carefully arranged by her. Only the little queen herself has the benefit."

"But why do such a thing? General, this is a civil war, and she is the queen. Is it a good thing to kill her own subjects? Is it worth playing any conspiracy? Is there any benefit at all? "

"Robin... I have been teaching you something... Oh, yes, I have been teaching you to think more and use your brain more. You must see the essence through the phenomenon. Don't let the superficial phenomenon obscure your thinking, Especially...you can't let your thinking be limited to a certain corner. For example, what I taught you is that victory does not necessarily mean victory, and failure does not necessarily mean failure. The whole and the part, the present and the future, the surface and the details, the real and the illusion, must be You have to grasp and analyze these things. It’s the same with this matter.”

"My lord general... you mean, a massacre is not necessarily a massacre?" Robin asked with some doubts.

"No," Baylor smiled rarely.The smile he is showing now is the real one, which shows that he has broken away from the bad mood before.For human beings, it can be said that it is a very rare quality or ability to let the unchangeable facts that happened in the past no longer affect their emotions. "A massacre is a massacre, that is true, but ... a civil war, not necessarily a civil war."

"Civil war, not necessarily a civil war?"

"Well, the little queen defeated Byron's field force before, and she did what was normal - as in any civil war for the crown. She ordered the execution of a few, but spared the rest, He also organized prisoners into his own army. Yes, this is indeed a civil war practice, but the situation in Fornoros City is different. Fornoros City... Robin, you have visited it yourself, do you think that Do the people of the city love Byron?"

"This...Byron is very popular."

"That's right, no matter whether the people's hearts are bought, accumulated, or just... In short, the people of this city love Byron more than the little queen. No, it should be said that, the people of Fornoros City People only know Byron, but don't care about the little queen. The rule of Byron's family is very effective. It is a domestic country, an integral part of Gruni, but in fact it is an enemy country that honors another monarch!"

"Ah..." Robin finally understood what Baylor meant.

"My lord," Robin asked cautiously. "So, this matter is actually a well-designed..."

"A well-designed conspiracy." Belleer replied. "I originally thought this was a good opportunity for us. Although it wasn't the best opportunity, it was also a good opportunity, but I didn't expect..."

"A good chance?" Robin felt a little strange.The city of Fonoros was suddenly breached, and the news of Byron's suicide was known two days ago.But Baylor did say something similar at that time...

"Robin, you know one thing... expanding your territory, the biggest problem is not winning on the battlefield, but... keeping that piece of land. You need a reasonable excuse to convince the people to obey our rule and prevent other countries from attacking us. Our country has too many guards. If what we get is a turbulent land, the people are full of hostility, small-scale riots and uprisings, coupled with the hostility and vigilance of other countries... What does such a land mean to us? What about the value? This will change from a benefit to a burden, and even lead to a hostile alliance. With the current strength of our country, it is absolutely impossible to confront powerful enemies on multiple fronts. At that time, it may become a country that will destroy the country It might be the fuse. As I told you, when the strength is sufficient, strength is diplomacy, and when strength is insufficient, diplomacy is strength. This is why we can never intervene."

"But Fornoros City...isn't this type?"

"Yes!" Belle replied. "Because of Byron's death, the people there should hate the little queen... This is a passable excuse... Of course, it is useless now."