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Chapter 1443 Peter Comes to Vote (2)

Peter quickly found that most of the people on Zhao Hu's side looked unhappy, so he couldn't help explaining: "Zhao Hu, this trouble is not caused by me, it is mainly because my master escaped from the imperial capital and went to the province. Just issued an order to seize the smuggling route controlled by you, who knows that the smuggling business is extremely profitable."

When the words came out, everyone's ears perked up.

Zhao Hu first took a look at Sun Jie, and saw that Sun Jie shook his head helplessly, knowing that he hadn't learned about such confidential matters. After all, spies are not omnipotent, so he asked aloud: "Who is your master? Why did you escape from the imperial capital?" ?”

"Seventh prince. After the emperor passed away, there were rumors in the imperial capital that a certain powerful person was going to wipe out the other princes and dignitaries. Except for a few powerless royal dignitaries, the other royal dignitaries all left the imperial capital."

Speaking of this, Peter laughed mockingly: "Hehe, during the national mourning period, the prince and the dignitaries left the imperial capital. In the past, it was a crime of deprivation and execution, but now no one cares about it. It seems that the empire is like this."

"What?! The emperor is dead!"

Zhao Hu and the others immediately jumped up and exclaimed.No wonder they were so surprised, because there was no wind at all.

Peter glanced at the portrait of the emperor placed in the center of the front wall of the hall, nodded and said, "That's right, he died on the day you set foot on the territory."

Zhao Hu glanced at Sun Jie and said to Peter: "Your news is so fast, it will take ten and a half months for the imperial capital to gallop here continuously."

"Well, we have many special communication methods, and the speed is determined by the importance of the news, but this time is the fastest. I got the news the day after His Majesty passed away." Peter said nonchalantly.

Sun Jie felt bitter for a while, because the intelligence system he was in charge of didn't have this news at all, or he had already got the news but was still on the way to pass it on.It seems that the method of message transmission must be improved, otherwise the enemy will not know when they come to the door.

Zhao Hu couldn't help but asked aloud: "Master Governor, you said that the powerful princes and dignitaries have left the imperial capital? What's going on? It stands to reason that they should at least fight for the throne, and then escape after losing, right? They Are you really afraid that some powerful person will wipe them out? It is possible for their power to destroy the imperial capital together!"

Peter nodded and said: "Those powerful people are very powerful together, but I think they are planning. It is even possible that the rumor was spread by one of them."

Zhao Hu asked suspiciously: "Huh? Why did they do this? I remember that in the history of the empire, there were such things in the history of the empire. It was the princes who fought in the imperial capital and ran back to the territory to gather troops after they failed. There has never been a case where the candidate ran back to the territory to prepare for the fight before the winner appeared."

"It is the second, third, and fourth princes who really have the strength to compete for the throne in the empire. The other princes belong to the separatist regions. But because of such an even match, the power of the imperial prime minister and the imperial marshal has become the most powerful in the empire. The three The prince couldn't believe these two old foxes, or they only believed in the army in their hands, so they simply ran out to keep themselves safe.

Of course the other princes and dignitaries are not fools, who would stay in the imperial capital to look at others?Of course, he went back to the territory and became the emperor of the land.Because of these messy things, such weird things happened that the royal family and dignitaries left the capital during the national mourning. ' explained Peter.

"Strange, since the marshal and the prime minister are so powerful, why didn't they detain the prince?" Zhou Wen couldn't help but interjected.

"It's very simple. First, the power and prestige of the marshal and the prime minister are indeed powerful. If they come forward in person, they can control 80.00% of the soldiers in the imperial capital. But they are just soldiers. The more senior officers are, the harder it is to control them.

Because military officers will face all kinds of temptations of interests, and in the long run, interests have already replaced the status of marshal and prime minister, and the higher the status, the more obvious this phenomenon is.Didn't you see that many generals violated the orders of the marshals? "Peter explained in detail.

"Secondly, the princes and dignitaries must have the mentality of being close to the army guarding the central province. They are definitely their first infiltration targets. Even a humble person like the seventh prince can buy a brigade. The Royal Forest Army, let alone others.

Third, although the soldiers admire and obey the marshal, it is impossible for the marshal to face all the soldiers in person, so that when something happens, the soldiers still habitually obey the orders of their immediate superiors.Therefore, even if the strength of the marshal and the prime minister are combined, they cannot stop the princes and dignitaries from leaving the imperial capital. After Peter finished speaking, he took a sip of tea in a relaxed manner.

"It's also because of this that your master came to Haiquan Province? And he ordered to seize my smuggling route on the way?" Zhao Hu said to Peter with a mocking expression on his face.

Peter put down his teacup, sighed and said, "I'm sure you all know that Kate and I belong to the same master, right? Kate fantasizes about getting a title in the future, so she obeys the orders of the seventh prince, but I don't like the seventh prince. It is better to plan for yourself.

"Because I know that if the Seventh Prince arrives in Haiquan Province, Kate may be delayed for a while because of his command ability, but I will be executed immediately, because both me and Kate are obstacles that prevent the Seventh Prince from fully controlling our two powers.

"It's a pity that Kate was dazzled by the title and refused to agree with my words, so I came here to seek asylum."

"The head of the division wants to lead troops to seize the smuggling route? Can he still control the brigade below?"

Zhao Hu was a little surprised and said: "I heard about the confrontation between the two regiments of Haiquan Province when I was in Haibin Province. I didn't expect the commander of the division to lead troops to attack my territory. You must know that my territory and the provincial capital There are seven or eight counties in between. Could it be that the head of the division can fight all the way?

"If possible, why doesn't the head of the division control the entire province first?"

Peter smiled and said: "Maybe you think Kate is just a rude and straightforward person, but let me tell you, he is very good at controlling his subordinates. Now among the five brigades of the entire local division, those who completely obey his orders are still There are two brigades, and the other three brigades were infiltrated by other princes and dignitaries, and they were never his subordinates. As for not controlling the whole province, it was also because the Seventh Prince did not want to attract attention, but after the Seventh Prince arrived, Haiquan Province will be unified soon."

"Uh, that means the division commander has more than 5 regular troops in his hands?" Zhao Hu said softly.This is not like last time, with [-] people and only [-] veterans, and they are veterans scattered as officers. These are two well-organized brigades!

On my own side, even with the addition of the territorial militia, it will look like two regiments. When the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is the same, the side with more people will definitely have the upper hand. This time it will be troublesome.

Peter shook his head and said: "Not only [-] troops, but Kate also used the county government under the control of the two brigades in private to train the city guards into a regular army.

Anyway, as far as I know, those city guards and the two brigades are one, and the personnel of the two sides are often transferred to each other, and many retired soldiers have let Kate settle down in the control area, that is to say, Kate can be recruited at any time A large number of veterans came out.According to the information I have collected over the years, Kate now has two divisions with considerable combat effectiveness and complete equipment. "

When everyone was stunned by this number, Zhao Hu, who was still a little bit self-sufficient, asked: "Uh, since the commander of the division has hidden so many troops and is such a powerful person, why didn't he listen to your advice?" , what about the loyal Seventh Prince? Ordinarily, he can make himself king!"

Zhao Hu's words made everyone wake up immediately, yes, it is impossible for an idiot to have such outstanding results.

Peter was obviously also a little confused. Suddenly he thought of something and slapped his thigh, jumped up and shouted excitedly: "My God! I know why he is loyal to the Seventh Prince! Damn it! He used the profits from smuggling to buy I should have guessed it when it was a weapon! This guy wants to treat the Seventh Prince as a puppet!"

Everyone swallowed their saliva involuntarily when they heard the words, and those who had seen the head of the division, such as Zhou Wen, stared wide-eyed and opened their mouths in a daze. How could that silly head of the division hide so deeply?Such a powerful person is actually the head of a small local security division!Seeing how deep his plans are, one knows that being a regular army commander is more than enough!
Zhao Hu, who woke up first, said to Peter: "How is it? Are you going to tell your master the news? So that he can be prepared?"

Peter shook his head with some disappointment and said: "Although the seventh prince is not very old, he also has the arrogant character of the rich and powerful. This character is almost the same as the rich and powerful. At most, it is more or less controllable. So we These subordinates don't care about this.

But the Seventh Prince also has a very bad character, that is greed and hypocrisy. He is so greedy that even the wealth of his subordinates will be jealous, and the jealousy will become jealous. He has a lot of assets, but he would rather secretly ransack the family and exterminate the family than let people say that he is greedy for the money of his subordinates.If I didn't know his bad habit by accident, I'm afraid I would also give him the money to get rid of the disaster. "

"Does that mean you have no way out? Has your family settled down?" Zhao Hu asked.

Peter smiled: "I'm not afraid of your jokes. Before I took refuge in the Seventh Prince, I sent my family to the Freedom Alliance. Now my family members are all pretending to be slaves."

Everyone felt a little sweat on their foreheads, and the provincial governor and division head who dared to look down upon them before were all incredible figures.

(End of this chapter)