Chapter 828: The worst policy is the best policy
Declaring war on the Griffin Dynasty?
Although he had vaguely guessed William's plan before, when the emperor who had barely concealed the madness in his eyes really raised this question, including Galahad who had just explained the situation of his legions. , Garros and Will, everyone's expressions were stiff.
Following that, there was a long silence
The atmosphere in the conference hall, which was originally heavy and breathless, seemed to be extremely depressing.
No one dared to speak easily, because everyone knew very well that since William could ask this question, he must have already made some calculations in his heart and was prepared.
Be prepared to involve the entire empire in the whirlpool of war.
From William Bohe's bloodshot eyes, Archduke Fossey and others could clearly see the madness and deep exhaustion that could no longer be suppressed.
He is too tired
Since he succeeded to the throne, he has always worked hard to govern, making Chauvin, a small and unknown border country, increase its national strength by no less than five times in more than ten years, and it has become a leader in terms of commerce and trade. He has become the economic center of the Southwest Continent second only to Palmyra Port. It can almost be said that he is a king who has created some legendary achievements. He is tired.
In less than a year, William Bohe endured too much. Starting from the tragic massacre in Banser City, all developments were beyond the emperor's control.
Farah Ossis, the backbone of the Chauvinian Empire and the pinnacle of the sea that made countless neighbors fear him. The supreme force, Farah Ossis, mysteriously fell. The Knights of the Tsar's Sword and the Hurricane Mages suffered heavy losses.
Soon after that, Kunda Bohe, who was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of the country and became a 'waste prince', one of the people who knew Emperor William best in the world, mysteriously found himself in the capital of Tello. En' died, and William didn't even know about it before he got the news from Emperor Thorn Castle.
Afterwards, due to an invisible pusher, the relationship between Kundaling and Troon became very tense. William's beloved nephew Witham Bohe was once suspicious for unknown reasons. William was the real culprit who killed Kunda.
Immediately afterwards, Archduke Fossai, who went to negotiate on behalf of Troon, was attacked by unknown forces and failed to arrive at the negotiation location in time. On the same day, the young lord of Kunda Territory, Withem Bohe, Being killed directly caused Emperor Thorn Castle to enter war mode and raise a counter-flag.
An unknown rebellion and an unknown counter-rebellion thus began. Although the eager Griffin dynasty did not seize the opportunity due to the efforts of Arthur and the Sin Lord, the Kunda Territory still became The area was devastated, and the large area near Emperor Thorn Castle was completely empty.
Due to a series of horrifying conspiracies, countless innocent people were killed in this absurd war.
William knows very well that those who are willing to be loyal to the soldiers who have been murdered, and those who are willing to seek an explanation for the deceased Kunda and Witham, even if they bear infamy, are also worthy of his pride, but He still had to let Arthur and others suppress and even massacre, because this country must not collapse in such an inexplicable turmoil.
Arthur succeeded. Not only did he put down the rebellion in the Kunda Territory, he also did not give the Griffin dynasty, which had originally planned to take advantage of the situation, a chance to return in triumph.
It took William a long time to cheer up from that chaos, which had no value other than consuming Chauvin's national power, and planned to fight back against the invisible hand.
With the help of Mr. Li Fu Astor of Tianzhu Mountain, William grasped many possibilities and made a bold decision, that is, to use the secret letters found from Huangthorn Castle not long ago as a You, on the surface, questioned Griffin, but in fact tried to reach a cooperative relationship with the latter.
This is a risky move. After all, according to Li Fo's analysis, the possibility that the mastermind behind the scenes is hidden in Griffin is not low, but William still decided to take a gamble.
< br>There are two reasons.
First of all, if the situation is allowed to continue to develop without external force, the chauvinist empire with a weak foundation is likely to collapse on its own before the truth is found.
The second reason is that his son Arthur Bohe fell in love with the eldest princess of the Griffin Dynasty.
William is indeed a wise king, but he is also a father, and he is not the kind of inhumane 'father'.
So at Arthur's insistence, he compromised.
The result of the compromise was.
"I lost my only son, and you also lost a great king."
William broke the silence and stood He stood up and held the table with his hands full of veins, gritted his teeth and said: "I can bear Arthur's death, even though he is My beloved and unique son, but he has grown up, and he has reached the age where he can bear his own responsibilities and consequences. Therefore, I can face the tens of thousands of lives in Banser City and face Grandpa Ossis just like before. I continued to endure the deaths of Kunta and Little Witham, but..."
Boom! !
He slapped the goblet in front of him, which contained half a cup of dark red juice, and smashed it into countless pieces. He clenched his bloody right hand and gritted his teeth and said, "I can't tolerate Asia." I can't tolerate the second princess of Griffin letting that despicable murderer go so unscrupulously. I can't tolerate myself. I can't stand the feeling of powerlessness that I can't even avenge my children. I can't stand Griffin's contempt and disregard for Chauvin! I can't stand that our dignity is so worthless in their eyes!"
The Archduke Fossey sighed and stood up silently, followed by Marquis Miranda, Marquis Diggory, Earl Burke, and finally Mo.
Everyone stood up and stared intently at the emperor who had never vented his emotions like this before.
They all knew that the string in William Bohe's heart that had been stretched to the extreme was broken.
But at this moment, no one was willing to refute the merchant king, whose eyes were split and his hands were dripping with blood. On the one hand, it was because he couldn't bear it, and on the other hand, because William was right.
Perhaps the jingoistic empire can tolerate all the disasters that happened in the country in the past, and it can tolerate the covetous neighbor to the north who shows off his power wantonly. It can even tolerate the fact that the crown prince of his country was assassinated while on a mission and died in a foreign country.
But if the Chauvinist empire can even tolerate the fact that Griffin casually let go of the murderer of Arthur Boho, then when the truth comes out, the dignity and face of this country will be And the spine no longer exists.
No matter whether the murderer is one of the Griffin dynasty's "own people", this incident is a naked insult to Chauvin!
“Everyone, if you don’t want me to be the laughing stock of my neighbors, if you don’t want that desperate curse to envelope the entire land that is not great but gentle enough, if you don’t want that pushing hand to witness We laugh unbridledly after our ugliness, if we don’t want this sinking country to be crushed into smelly nutrients in the future”
William's eyes burning with rage slowly swept across everyone, and said solemnly: "Then support me, declare war on the Griffin Dynasty, and let those cowards who only know how to tremble at the feet of the old lion know, Even if we burn everything, we will not meet our demise in humiliation."
Bang!
Always wearing armor, Galahad knelt on one knee, drew out his sword and held it close to his forehead, saying in a deep voice: "I invite you to fight!"
Bang! Boom!
“I invite you to fight!”
Following closely behind were the Archduke of Garros and the Marquis of Will.
"I invite you to fight!"
Then came the Archduke Fosset, Marquis Miranda, Marquis Digory, Justice Clement, and Earl Moody, whose eyes were red and blood was surging.
Finally.
Only two people were left standing in the meeting hall.
One is the master of this empire, William Bohe.
One is Sin Jue Mo, who is the most junior and lowest-ranking person in this room.
Earl Moody Burke, who had been sitting next to Mo before and was already kneeling on the ground, reached out covertly to pull the Sin Lord, but the latter skillfully dodged it.
Immediately afterwards, William Bohe cast his eyes on the Sin Lord.
“You don’t want to fight?”
His Majesty the Emperor looked calmly at the young man standing quietly under the long table and spoke in an understated tone, as if he was chatting about family matters. "Yes."
Mo nodded slightly and replied in the same understatement.
"You were the person Arthur admired most during his lifetime and also his best friend, Mo."
William laughed, but his face was extremely stiff and his eyes were burning. With cold anger: "So for Arthur's sake, I am willing to give you another chance and kneel down."
Mo remained unmoved and even shook his head slightly in the disbelief of everyone's eyes.
William clenched his fists tightly: "Galahat!"
The old marshal's figure swayed, and in an instant he appeared behind the sin lord, raised his hand and held down his back the person's shoulders.
“Your Majesty.”
Just a second before Galahad was about to force him to kneel on the ground, Mo suddenly spoke.
William narrowed his eyes, raised his hand to stop Galahad's intention to force the Lord of Sin to kneel to the ground, and said slowly: "Speak."
"I believe that if I, Chauvin and the Griffin Dynasty Declaring war, the Adolf Free Territory, the Dreamland Theocracy and the Silver Alliance, which have already been eyeing the latter, will not be left without help. Motivated, especially when the justice belongs to us and Griffin is in the wrong, those wolves who have been looking for opportunities for a long time will definitely want to take the opportunity to bite off a piece of meat from the rotten lion, or even tear its throat. With the heart.”
Mo looked at the emperor in front of him calmly, no. He spoke quickly: "And this is destined to become a war of extremely large scale. Although the possibility of ending in an anticlimax is not ruled out, it is destined to affect the entire northwest continent, including Pami, who has always maintained an absolutely neutral attitude. No one can stay out of the free trade zone. At that time, on the surface, the most The Griffin dynasty, which is the most powerful and aggressive, is destined to not have many allies, and may even be left alone.”
William Bohe, who had never considered this aspect, just nodded: "Go on."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Mo Tan nodded slightly and continued respectfully: "If I, Chauvin, take the lead in declaring war on Griffin, then in this foreseeable, uncoordinated but tacitly understood war, I can only see three outcomes."< br>
“Say.”
William’s eyes became sharper.
“The first one is that the forces led by the Silver Alliance have gained enough benefits from the Griffin Dynasty, and all parties have reached a tacit agreement to work together to end this anticlimactic war, and the Griffin Dynasty has eliminated its own disease. But their vitality was severely damaged, a large number of nobles were purged, the royal family became the dominant one, and the feudal family system collapsed for thousands of years; in the second, the Griffin dynasty was destroyed by multiple forces, and it became history; in the third, the Griffin dynasty was destroyed by various forces. The dynasty relied on its foundation to stabilize multiple defenses, starting from the Adolf Free Territory and gradually defeating the loose Southwest Alliance, and finally completed the great purge and swallowed up the Southwest. "
Mo spoke as fast as if he had already memorized the lines. He quickly elaborated on his idea, and then said in a deep voice: "But no matter what the outcome is, our chauvinist empire will definitely be wiped out in this war."
"But we at least have a chance to bring the Griffin dynasty to the funeral."
William Bohe, who had long thought about various possibilities, looked at the sin lord in front of him calmly, and said coldly: "And even if we Without declaring war, cowardly chauvinism will inevitably weaken and eventually become the nourishment of the Griffin Dynasty. "
"You are very angry, Your Majesty."
The corner of Mo's mouth. He raised his eyebrows and said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "Although you don't seem to be dazzled by this anger."
"I am indeed very angry, Mo."
The gray-haired William stared at the Lord of Sin with splitting eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "I lost my most beloved son, Chauvin lost an heir who was destined to be great, but only got a sad humiliation, and you, as Ya Se's best friend is now so calm that it makes me feel chilled."
The eyelids of Marquis Digory, Marquis Miranda and others twitched at the same time, feeling that the Lord of Sin might be in trouble this time.
But
"That's not the case, Your Majesty, I am also angry about Arthur's death and the humiliation of the Griffin Dynasty."
Mo took a deep breath , said in a deep voice: "It's just that the difference between you and me is that after you learned about Arthur's accident, you When you are locked up in the palace and immersed in sentimentality and anger, when you read the letter from Her Highness Govil Logan about the possibility that Eliza Logan deliberately let the murderer go and prepared to move the entire empire. When I go to the gambling table to vent, I am doing something more meaningful.”
"Bold!!"
Galahad shouted angrily, and hit the Sin Lord in the back with the hilt of his sword.
"Stop, Grandpa Galahad."
In the end, William stopped the marshal who was furious because of the sin lord's rude words, stared at Mo and asked: "You said you are also angry ?”
Mo smiled: “How could I dare to speak to Your Majesty like this if I wasn’t also blinded by anger?”
"You said you"
William didn't care about Mo's answer, but continued to ask with burning eyes: "While I locked myself up, did I do something more meaningful?"
"Yes."
"What did you do?"
"I contacted the people who were hidden by the Dreamland Theocracy, who had bloodbathed a county in the north of Griffin a few months ago. Staff Sergeant Lamorlock ”
"What are you talking about?"
"In fact, what I just said is exactly what Staff Officer Ramorock said."
"Then."
" The best strategy is for us to provide great righteousness, and then let the Dream Kingdom, whose national power is several times stronger than Chauvin's, cooperate with Adolf's free leadership to swing the first sword against the lion!"
Eight hundred and twenty-one! Chapter: End
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