"What's going on? What's the exact situation?" Li Huailin immediately asked. He was a little nervous about this, mainly because he wanted to know what was going on with the First and Second Divisions. Li Huailin should have known that if Malina wanted to make a move, she would definitely make a move on the First and Second Divisions. However … he had not thought of how to make a move, because the two divisions were under his control. Even with orders from the higher-ups, it would not be easy to make a move on them.
"This … I don't know the specifics. After all, I don't receive much information in prison," Dernate said.
"Amala, what's the situation?" Li Huailin asked Amala, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Amala was usually the one in charge of organizing and tabulating external information.
"Yes, Lord, there's indeed a situation," Amala immediately said. "Two days ago, there was a change in the three divisions in our country. However, it wasn't a change in the positions, but a change in the garrisons. After the change, the Second Division will be stationed at the northeastern border, the First Division will be stationed at the southeastern border with the Undead, and the Fourth Division will be stationed near the main city to defend the interior."
"Moving the troops? That's a good idea. "Li Huailin understood Malina's plan after thinking for a while. Yes, the First and Second Divisions were Li Huailin's people. It was almost impossible to remove Li Huailin's title of Marshal and get a few officers to control the army. They would be forced to rebel at any time. Li Huailin did not "assassinate the Emperor" at that time and did not make any mistakes. Even if he did, it was impossible to take control of the army. Malina must have thought this through, so she used another method, which was to move the troops under Li Huailin's control. The First Division would be moved to the south, and the Second Division would be moved to the north.
It was impossible to directly replace Li Huailin, but it wasn't a problem to mobilize the army. It wasn't strange that the emperor had this right, because this kind of mobilization was very normal. Perhaps the first and second legions couldn't find him, so they obeyed the order and left. That was why Ma Linna could carry out her plan without worry.
As for the so-called implementation plan, Li Huailin roughly understood what it was. Of course, it was the transfer of the 4th Division. Since he had mobilized his own army, his goal was obviously to prevent his own army from arriving in time to help and take advantage of this opportunity to destroy him. The 4th Army was most likely relying on this.
The 4th Legion was now well-trained after the war with the Demons. Tens of thousands of new recruits who had gone through the trials of war were no longer considered new recruits. And after the war, as the troops that entered the main city of the Demons, the Fourth Legion, whether it was the treasures they plundered or the treasures they received because of their achievements, were astonishing. With money, of course, they could recruit more soldiers and buy better weapons and equipment. Therefore, the 4th Legion was now considered a relatively strong force.
According to the previous report, the main force of the 4th Legion was now a full 100,000 troops. Of course, the main force was about 40,000, and the other 60,000 were reserves and logistics. The 40,000 troops here were very strong, and the 60,000 reserves were not bad either. In general, they were a threat.
As for the troops on Li Huailin's side, because the First and Second Divisions weren't here, Li Huailin now only had about 4,000 private troops. This was a situation that everyone knew. This was probably Malina's plan.
"So that's how it is." Li Huailin nodded. This was a good plan, but … How could he step into such a shallow pit? Besides, why were his subordinates so excited to see their overlord being framed? It was as though they were waiting for this opportunity.
"Have the first and second legions been mobilized?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes," Yamala replied. "After receiving the order, the deputy commander of the first legion, Legg, and the commander of the second legion, Maccon, sent people to find you, Lord. However, they really couldn't find you, so they could only set off first. It has been two days since they left, and they probably haven't reached the encampment yet. Lord, what people should pay attention to is the movement of the 4th Legion … "
"Yes, the 4th Legion is probably … probably already attacking us," Li Huailin said.
"What?" Everyone was shocked. This wasn't a good thing.
As they were talking, a guard immediately ran over and shouted, "Lord, the Empire has sent a new announcement."
"Yes." Li Huailin immediately took a look. It was indeed a crusade announcement. The gist of it was that Li Huailin assassinated the emperor and committed a heinous crime. The Empire declared Li Huailin to be a traitor and decided to send troops to suppress him. At the same time, they declared war on Lancaster Dukedom, where Li Huailin was from. Of course, the reason for the war was to suppress the rebellion. It was a reasonable reason, and they called for all the nobles of the Empire to send troops to help.
"Lord, what should we do?" Many people looked a little nervous, but the cabinet ministers here didn't seem to be very nervous.
"Lord, there is actually no need to be nervous about this matter," Geert said as he took a step forward. "We don't have to worry about the other small lords at all. The only thing we need to worry about is the 4th Legion."
"Why do you guys sound like you've already come up with a plan?" Li Huailin was speechless. "Alright, alright, alright. Tell me, what is it?"
"We now have a private army of 5,000 (actually, it's more than 4,000, but claimed to be 5,000). They are all mounted troops and are very mobile. Now that we know the route of the 4th Legion, it won't be a problem for us to harass the enemy's troops," Geert said. "All we need to do is stall for time. Our reinforcements will arrive soon." "That's right," Geert said.
"Reinforcements?" A servant beside him asked. "Who are our reinforcements? The 2nd Legion? "
"We have a lot of reinforcements. The most important thing right now is to determine the legitimacy of our actions." Geert waved his hand and didn't answer the question of reinforcements. "Lord, the most important thing we need to do now is to determine the justice of our counterattack. After that, everything will be solved."
Geert's words sounded a little confusing, but Li Huailin understood that Geert had hit the nail on the head in an instant.
That's right, Li Huailin didn't pay much attention to this ridiculous war because there was almost no need for them to fight. The most important thing now was for him to make a statement, and the war would end on its own. This statement was also very simple. Everything else didn't matter, as long as he proclaimed himself Emperor.
That's right, what Li Huailin lacked right now wasn't reinforcements, but legal reasoning. The current situation was that the Nasser Empire and Lancaster Dukedom were at war. As a vassal of the Nasser Empire, it was completely reasonable for the Nasser Empire to use the crime of rebellion against Lancaster Dukedom. If Lancaster Dukedom fought back, it wouldn't be justified at all. Moreover, it wouldn't be easy to send reinforcements. If Lancaster Dukedom said that he supported the rebels, how could that be justified?
However, as long as Li Huailin proclaimed himself Emperor, the situation would be completely different. The war would become a war between two empires. This way, anyone who supported Li Huailin would only be supporting one of the empires. This would make sense.
However, even Li Huailin couldn't imagine how many people would support him after he declared himself Emperor. The First and Second Legions would most likely immediately defect to help him, and a large number of other nobles would also side with him. After all, they all had full Favorability Points with him. And this was only the situation within the country. There was no need to even mention the situation outside the country. The Elves probably didn't even want to fight the Beastmen and immediately sent their troops over to help them fight the Beastmen. As for the Undead, it was likely that all the troops from the Demon race's main cities were running over to their territories. And the Dragons … probably all the Giant Dragons would fly towards his territory …
That's right, this war was so simple. As long as Li Huailin proclaimed himself Emperor, the war would end on its own. Li Huailin would smoothly ascend to the throne without any difficulties. However, the problem was … Li Huailin really didn't want to become Emperor.
"Can we not play around with proclaiming ourselves Emperor? How about this, we change the reason to declare war … "Li Huailin suggested.
"Huh? My Lord, apart from that, what other reason do we have to declare war? "Geert asked curiously.
"For example … purging the Emperor's subordinates?" Li Huailin asked.
"Purging the Emperor's subordinates?" Everyone was stunned. This reason had existed since ancient times. It was to declare war against the Emperor, but it wasn't against the Emperor. It was just to say that there were vile people around the Emperor. However, Geert was a little speechless after hearing this. "My Lord, purging the Emperor's subordinates has always been for the vile people, but … we can't possibly purge the Empress …"
That's right, the Empress was also part of the royal family. The Emperor could only purge his subordinates, but he couldn't purge the royal family as the Emperor's subordinates.
"Who said that our target is the Empress?" Li Huailin immediately said. He had an expression of 'I'm too damn smart' on his face, as if he had already thought of this. "The one we need to purge is the vile people around the Emperor. That person is … hmm … Prime Minister Mach. That's right, it's this guy. He's the one who spoke ill of me in front of the Emperor, framing me as a traitor of the Empire. He did everything."
"Huh?" Beside him, Delnate was also shocked. "No, Lord Duke, this matter has nothing to do with Prime Minister Mach."
"I know." Li Huailin immediately said, "Let's just find a random reason to attack the main city. We can talk about the other things later. What do you think?"
"Oh, that seems to be the case." Delnate thought for a moment and nodded.
"That's it." Li Huailin waved his hand. "Immediately use this reason to announce it to the world, then gather reinforcements. We will attack tomorrow."
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