Chapter 446 Black Knife Night (End)

On April 1, 1465, the whole of Ginza was silent. Silence and uneasiness permeated the whole city. Citizens who were keenly aware that something was wrong with the atmosphere in Ginza reduced their frequency of going out. Except for necessary things, citizens tried to reduce going out as much as possible.

A new storm was about to fall on the city of Ginza, and the citizens of Ginza had long expected it.

The conflict between the Silver Emperor and the Silver Family, let alone the citizens of the capital, basically all cities with relatively well-informed information knew about the situation in Ginza.

Everyone knew that there would be only two different outcomes in Ginza.

Either the Silver Emperor and the Silver Family compromised with each other and the Silver Emperor regained some power, or the Silver Family forcibly removed the Silver Emperor from the throne.

According to the atmosphere in Ginza and various rumors circulating, the Silver Family obviously chose the latter.

A coup was about to break out in the capital of the Silver Empire. This was the consensus of everyone except the Silver Emperor and his confidants.

Late at night, the citizens closed the doors and windows.

As the Silver Family issued an order and declared martial law throughout the city, a barrier covering the entire Ginza City slowly unfolded, wrapping up the entire Ginza.

In the Ginza Embassy of the Committee, Randy, who was sitting on the desk sorting out information, also raised his head slightly. In his ears, the alarm from the strange machine was ringing.

"The space standard stability is being detected to be rising, please pay attention!"

"Current space standard stability: 11..15...19...21..."

The space stability finally increased to 40. At this level, even high-level space casters would not find it easy to teleport.

At the same time, the military communication strange machine in front of Randy also issued a warning.

"The communication signal is interfered with, the intranet connection fails, do you want to turn on the strong connection mode?"

Randy did not activate it, but turned his head to look out the window. He saw the barrier in the sky, the dark and silent city, and the soldiers and extraordinary people dressed in black and holding black long swords under the moonlight.

A coup?

Randy thought thoughtfully.

As the whole city of Ginza entered a state of martial law, unknown soldiers quickly entered Ginza through the wide-open city gates and put the entire city under military control.

These soldiers of unknown origin quickly took over various important buildings and transportation hubs in Ginza, and quickly surrounded and arrested the Silver Emperor's confidants.

Faced with the sudden arrest, the Silver Emperor's confidants naturally would not surrender, and all tried to resist the arrest, but everyone knew the situation of the Silver Emperor. Those who could jump off the ship had already jumped off the ship, and those who stayed were either gamblers or were completely tied to the Silver Emperor and could not run away.

Therefore, even if the confidants wanted to resist, few of their subordinates were willing to follow them all the way to the end. In the case of outnumbering, although extraordinary conflicts broke out in various parts of Ginza, they were basically quickly quelled and suppressed.

After arresting the confidant of the Silver Emperor, the coup soldiers did not show any mercy. According to the order issued by the Silver Family before the coup, the coup soldiers did not follow any trial procedures and killed the confidants directly on the spot after arresting them.

When the coup soldiers attacked the confidants of the Hundred Silver Emperor, in the palace of Ginza, the high-level spellcasters from the Hundred Silver Family also gathered together. They stood in front of the bedroom of the Silver Emperor, looked at each other, pushed open the door of the bedroom and walked in.

The huge barrier rose slowly, wrapping up the bedroom and several nearby palaces.

Then, a huge amount of magic power exploded in the shield, and the entire bedroom exploded. The high-level spellcasters from the Silver Family and the Silver Emperor fought together.

However, due to the cover of the barrier and the absolute advantage of the Silver Family, these magic powers did not leak out, causing any major shocks.

After the Silver Family decided to launch a coup, the Silver Emperor, who had lost almost all his rights and was not supported by the army, naturally had a self-evident final outcome.

Due to the high degree of confidentiality of the Silver Family, there was only some groundless news until the day of the coup, so almost all external forces were unprepared for the coup last night.

Including the War Committee, facing the coup within Ginza, Ambassador Randy could only stay in the embassy honestly and wait for the final result of the coup.

When the first ray of sunlight rose from the earth and shone on Ginza, the overall situation in Ginza was determined.

After a night of coup, the Silver Family successfully overthrew the current Silver Emperor and ended the internal friction and infighting between the Silver Emperor and the Silver Family.

The Ginza Palace issued an official obituary to the outside world, announcing the official death of the Silver Emperor, who tried to be promoted last night and died in the palace after failing.

Since the Silver Emperor died unexpectedly, and the Silver Empire has not yet determined the next Silver Emperor, according to the Silver Empire's convention, the six major Silver Families will form a Regency Council to temporarily exercise the power of the Silver Emperor before the new Silver Emperor is elected.

Although the official announcement said so, basically no one believed the official announcement. Even the most humble citizens in Ginza knew what happened last night.

The Silver Emperor may have died because of a failed promotion, but it is unlikely that the Silver Emperor died because of a failed promotion.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Silver Emperor was probably killed by the Silver Family.

Therefore, the Silver Family did not deliberately disguise themselves. After the announcement was issued, there was no chaos. The Regency Council, which had been ready for a long time, quickly took over the power of the Hundred Silver Emperor and began to govern.

Countless accumulated government affairs were quickly passed by the Regency Council, including official appointments, noble inheritance, military mobilization, tax collection... .

Under the high-speed operation of the Regency Council, the Silver Empire, which had been stagnant for several years, finally started to operate again.

As the news of the Ginza coup spread, because the coup took place late at night and the coup soldiers were all dressed in black and holding black long swords, the coup in Ginza was also called the "Black Knife Night".

The influence of the Black Knife Night also spread to the entire Hundred Silver Empire as the news spread.

Although many princes and spellcasters had expected this, when the news of the Black Knife Night reached their ears, most of them were still a little surprised and unexpected.

However, since the Silver Emperor was dead, they didn't care about the specific situation, but tacitly looked at the throne that was vacant again.

During the brief interregnum caused by the forced abdication of the empress last time, the Rose War broke out between the Silver Empire and the Kingdom of Inter. What will happen during this interregnum?

Therefore, whether it is the loyal princes who still identify with the Silver Empire, or the rebellious princes who colluded with the Kingdom of Inter and started the Rose War, they are all watching the choice of Ginza.

However, the Kingdom of Inter collapsed in the civil war after the Rose War, and was replaced by the noble republic of the Inter Alliance. In addition to the Kingdom of Inter, the remaining independent human kingdoms are not as strong as the princes in the Silver Empire.

The only two qualified ones, the Inter Alliance and the War Committee, are both republican political systems. The former has experienced the Rose War and has no interest in a useless throne. Although the latter is a republic on the surface, it is actually a dictatorship. However, the dictator of the committee, Roland himself, has no interest in the throne and completely ignores all the invitations of the rebellious princes of the Silver Empire.

Therefore, even if someone wants to start the Rose War again, there is no force that is willing to be hostile to the six major silver families and has the strength to compete for the throne.

However, although the Silver Family eliminated the incompetent Silver Emperor through the Black Knife Night and made the Silver Empire run again, the re-entry into the interregnum and the regency rule still led to turmoil and unrest within the Silver Empire.

Although the various vassal states did not express any opinion on the Regency Council, the lessons of the Rose War still made them alert in an emergency, raising military expenditures, strengthening border inspections and internal supervision, and strengthening contacts with other friendly vassal states to prepare to form an alliance.

The emergency actions of the various vassal states also caused the atmosphere within the Silver Empire to become increasingly heavy, and the decrees of the Regency Council were difficult to implement thoroughly.

Before the Silver Emperor was re-elected or the vassal states calmed down again, the Silver Empire was basically impossible to interfere with the outside world.

So, at the end of the month, on April 30, Roland passed the northern strategy of the administrative department and the military department.

The cold disaster is still like a shadow lingering in the North. In order to save manpower to deal with the future cold disaster, Roland chose to establish a puppet regime in the North for transition.

Moreover, the atmosphere of the North is not suitable for forced integration into the committee. The culture and atmosphere within the committee have not yet been fully formed. Forcibly annexing the North may have a negative cultural impact on the committee. Therefore, Roland thinks it is better to be a puppet for now.

As for the military plan, Roland chose the conservative legion soldier plan. Top-level strange mechanical technology products such as air fortresses can be hidden for a while.

Although top-level strange mechanical products such as air fortresses cannot be copied by other countries even if they are exposed.

At present, in the whole world, the War Committee has mastered the most advanced strange mechanical technology that is far ahead of the times, followed by the Gulf Dwarfs, and finally the Dwarf Free City of the Silver Empire.

For the current committee, air fortresses are unreplicable peak products. Each air fortress is artificially created through a large number of prophecy spells, and it is a miracle that cannot be copied at present.

The War Committee cannot copy the same air fortress, let alone other forces.

But Roland still planned to let the War Committee restrain its blades. Sooner or later, the War Committee would intervene on a large scale, but not now.

Before that, Roland needed the War Committee to hide its blades and try not to expose all its strength.

After Roland made his choice, the committee's troops stationed in the North also began to move. The Jackdaw and the Nether moved away from the North, and Tula commanded the army to launch a full-scale attack on the North.

At the same time, the personnel of the three factions stationed in the North also abandoned all their assets and withdrew in an orderly manner, and the highest-level personnel stationed in the faction submitted a declaration of war to the leaders of the three factions.

Faced with the declaration of war submitted by the committee, the human faction was somewhat helpless, but did not take action against the committee members and sent them out of the country with courtesy, while the orc faction was somewhat helpless, as the faction whose territory was closest to Winter City.

When the Orc leader personally escorted the ambassador away, he privately expressed his willingness to submit to the committee and his willingness to hand over all power as long as the committee could give other members of the faction a relatively good treatment.

After discussion, the War Committee obtained the submission of most of the Orc faction without bloodshed, at the cost of the Orc faction members retaining some of their liquidity.

As for the last faction in the North, the Orc faction, although the Orc leader was a little unhappy, he did not really use force on the ambassador and also sent the ambassador out of the country with courtesy.

The leaders of the three factions are not fools. They are still aware of the gap in strength between the Kingdom of the North and the War Committee.

After knowing the news of the Silver Empire's Black Knife Night, they already knew that the Kingdom of the North was doomed.

Before the election of a new Silver Emperor, the Silver Empire could not interfere in the war in the North, and the Moon Elves never cared about who ruled the North.

Whether it was the once scattered human kingdoms in the North, or the orcs who entered the North and conquered the human kingdoms to establish their unified Orc Kingdom of the North, the Moon Elves' attitude was indifferent.

And if there was no external interference, they could not beat the committee, but, except for the half-orc faction, the other two factions did not want to give up.

Not being able to beat does not mean that you can't fight. As long as you hurt the committee and make the War Committee think that the cost of occupying the North is far greater than the benefits, it is also possible to drive the War Committee out.

The human faction has the support of the most populous humans in the North, and the orc faction has the support of the orcs and the most extraordinary people in the North. They both have a large base, so they think they can still fight.

Therefore, only the half-orc faction, which can neither go up nor down and can be said to have no base, decisively chose to surrender.

However, the human faction and the orc faction still don't know the national strength of the war committee. After ten years of peaceful development, it is impossible for the North to consume the committee.

As for the base, it's a joke. Where does the feudal noble get the support of the masses? Without the support of the masses, the committee can directly kill the base that supports them.

The committee is not a traditional national force. It does not necessarily need local nobles, lords, and tribal chiefs to assist in ruling. Those who are obedient can be kept first, and those who are not obedient can be killed.

When the committee launched an all-round invasion of the North, the border nobles of the buffer zone were gathering at the eastern border of the Silver Empire.

Faced with the great changes around them, the border nobles naturally felt uneasy. The Baiyin Empire, which had never valued them, fell into a vacancy period. As veterans of the Rose War, they knew the horror brought by the Rose War. If they continued to fight on their own, they would likely become victims of a new round of war.

As veterans of the Rose War, they were still independent nobles and did not refuse the call of Ginza. Once the war started, they would accept the call and direct command of Ginza.

The Silver Empire was in turmoil, and their neighbor in the East, who had been friendly for ten years, the War Council, now showed its edge and sent troops to the North. This also made them realize once again that they were caught between the Silver Empire and the War Council.

Once the two great powers fought, they would probably be the first to perish.

Facing the chaos in the East, Sinnar and the North, the border nobles finally made a decision.

Although there were many benefits to being an independent noble, it was not impossible to abandon the identity of an independent noble compared to the threat of war. They decided to form a new country in a group to get rid of the constraints and control of Ginza on them.

Based on all the territories of the border nobles in the buffer zone, the border nobles borrowed and integrated the systems of the Silver Empire and the War Committee to establish a new feudal state.

The Blade Border will form the Blade Parliament, which holds the highest power of the country. The king is elected by the Blade Parliament, but his actual power is only the military commander, responsible for maintaining the border security of the Blade Border.

As for the foundation of the new country, the border nobles use the [Exploration Decree] issued by Littorio, the founding emperor of the Silver Empire, as the legal basis. According to the [Exploration Decree], any independent noble territory belonging to the Silver Empire but not belonging to any vassal state can independently establish a new country and automatically upgrade to a vassal state after the area and population meet the requirements.

So, on April 5, 1465, the border nobles gathered together, jointly signed and announced the [Blade Treaty], and announced the official establishment of the Blade Border.

This country, which had a profound impact on both East and West Nar in Roland's memory, officially stepped onto the stage of history.