Monster Minotaur

Maro twice attempted to conquer Elam, a dangerous place in the eyes of all the Central Plains countries, in order to demonstrate his power to other countries. But in the end, it can only leave behind the corpse of failure and receive ridicule from other countries. The special situation and complex terrain of Elam caused the Maroons to be defeated twice. Even though they once occupied the Sartean parliament city, they were eventually forced to withdraw from Elam.

There are no roads to the outside world in Elam, only rugged mountains and deep forests. The supply of a large army requires a lot of materials, and there is no smooth supply line. This made the Maro Legion, which had penetrated deep into Elam, unable to find anything edible after eating all the food they carried. The food in the Parliament City had already been set ablaze and burned by the Saltans when the Parliament City was captured.

The Maro army, which lost its supplies, had no choice but to withdraw from Elam, declaring the failure of this conquest. This war cost the Maro people nearly 70,000 people and consumed countless materials and manpower. Let a powerful empire decline from then on. Carthage in the south became increasingly powerful, eventually occupying a large area of ​​the Maro Empire, and it was not recaptured until now, seven hundred years later.

And Caesar, who believed that he would be the greatest emperor of the Maro Empire, while constantly attacking Carthage, also thought of the area that led to the decline of Maro. As the greatest emperor on the continent, Caesar believed he had the ability to conquer a place where his ancestors had failed several times.

Caesar believed that although his national power was not the most powerful period in Maro's history, it was definitely considered powerful. The historical failures also made Caesar understand that Elam was not an easy place to conquer. The Sartean parliamentary system of Elamite allowed the Sartean people to unite. Attacking Elam would be a declaration of war on the entire Salt people, which would cost Maro unnecessary losses.

So Caesar thought of his dagger in the dark, the specially trained shadow troops. They were instructed to weaken the Sartes as much as possible before Maror attacked Elam. It would be best to keep them divided if possible. So that he could conquer Elam more easily and make the Sartes submit to the Maro Empire.

Shadow received Caesar's order and began to plan how to divide Elam. Before Maro took back the territory occupied by Carthage, the shadows were already active in Carthage. They also conducted some simple surveys on Elam, an area close to Carthage, in order to find places that could be exploited.

Unlike Carthage and Marot, the Sartes did not have a unified political power. Almost every city and even village is acting independently, both military and financial. In history, the reason why all the Sartes fought against Maro was mainly because there was a place called Parliament City. It exists as a link between these cities.

All major events in Elam were conducted here, and the location of the Parliament City was extremely important. As the most central city in Elam, it has roads leading to various cities. The key point is to capture Elam and attack the Parliament City. This is also the reason why Maro has always used Parliament City as its main offensive target in history.

In his first attack, Maro failed to break through the fortified city of Parliament. Moreover, the legions gathered in other cities and the legions in the Parliament City were attacked from both sides, which led to the failure of the first attack. In the second attack a thousand years ago, Maro used nearly 200,000 troops.

Although the Sartes were brave and good at fighting, they could not withstand the huge number of Maroons, and the Parliament City was eventually captured. Fifty thousand of the city's citizens were killed, and Maro took full control of the city. However, because the supply lines were constantly harassed, the Maroons eventually failed to hold on, and 120,000 people were forced to evacuate Elam.

A thousand years have passed, and the Sartes still maintain this political method, with each city responsible for its own region. When something major happened, the gathering would hold an Elamite vote in the Parliament City to decide how to deal with the incident. The current Parliament City is no longer the small city it was a thousand years ago. Today it is as prosperous as the city of Maro.

There has been no war for a thousand years, and the number of Salt people has increased dramatically. The city that originally had only 50,000 people has now doubled. Perhaps in the eyes of Central Plains cities, this is almost as slow as the limit, but in Elan, where monsters are everywhere, this is already a big improvement.

But in the prosperous cities, just like the Central Plains countries, many wealthy families and dignitaries appeared. They collude with each other to control parliament and facilitate their own interests. Most of the members elected by the people are kept in the dark, or they collude with the powerful in the hope of obtaining consecutive terms.

No matter what kind of politics, corruption and conspiracy will eventually breed. The Sartes were at their most powerful, but also at their most vulnerable. Although the Salt people have begun to realize this, there is currently no way to do it. Some things are not believed by simply saying them.

Through investigation, the Shadows learned how the Speaker of Parliament City obtained the position of Speaker and how he had an extremely strong desire for power. So they sent a man skilled in persuasion to the fortified council city. Under the guise of cutting off the supply of weapons to Carthage, he came into contact with the speaker named Azera. And successfully aroused the Speaker's desire to declare war on the city founded by monsters.

But to the man's expectation, Parliament City was defeated in that battle. The people in the city were so angry that the lawmakers could only calm down the anger by dismissing the speaker. The man who was sent made a prompt decision, changed the planned plan, and implemented a more dangerous path.

The speaker, who did not want to give up his power, used his power to launch a coup and crowned himself emperor to take full control of the parliamentary city. Although this will push the Parliament City completely to the opposite side of Elam, this is exactly what Maro wants to see. The civil strife in Elam will greatly weaken the power of the Salt people.

While dispatching his men to contact other ambitious people he valued in Elam, the man also reported to the country of Maro and prepared the necessary war materials to provide to both Saltans so that they could fight each other better.

Representatives from other cities in Elam have held a meeting in Ankud. Your Majesty, are you not worried at all? The man looked at Azera sitting on the throne and said, Maybe Elam's coalition forces are already gathering. .”

In a war of this scale, it will take them at least half a month to confirm everything. Azera said with some disdain: They will just keep objecting and objecting. Just A matter of a few gold coins would take a whole day to discuss.

The Parliament City is the most fortified city in Elam. It would take at least fifteen times the force to capture the Parliament City. A thousand years ago, there were less than 10,000 Sartes in the Parliament City and 200,000 Maroons. Resisted outside the parliament city for a whole month. Now we have 15,000 Salt warriors, but they can only gather more than 20,000 people at most.

Actually, they can't gather 20,000 people. The man smiled and said: I received several letters this morning. The cities on the northwest coast of Elam support your ascension to the throne. They were also in their own cities the day before yesterday. The Parliament has been dissolved. All you need to do is make them local lords and they will support your cause.

You are really pervasive. Azera looked at the man coldly and said: But this is a good thing now. Although it is impossible for them to send troops to support, at least the number of coalition forces will be reduced. Stupid opponents They won't understand the real threat that monster represents.

All I have done is for Elam, and I will abdicate after the destruction of Thunder Bluff. Being crowned emperor was only a matter of last resort. The city council would depose me due to the defeat.

The man just smiled at Azeela's words. No matter how Azeela tried to hypnotize himself and cover up his ambition for power, he knew the most clearly. The original attack on Thunder Bluff was just for glory and the three thousand gold coins promised by Malo.

After the defeat, he was crowned emperor because of his desire for power and his unwillingness to be deposed. Now that Azela has realized his mistake, he can no longer turn back and can only keep going. The moment he was declared emperor, he had already become the opposite of all Elam.

Now he can only try his best to stabilize the situation in the city and hope that Maro will give him support. The man believed that Elan would become a chaotic war situation before long. Elan has many power-hungry careerists. If one Azera becomes emperor, there will be a second and third one.

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