Chapter 244

Seeing Owen coming back, Orson raised his head, and then looked at him in surprise.

"Why, are you wondering why I didn't leave?"

"Yeah." Owen nodded.

"Just now, I gave you a lot of time. If you had the ability, you would have been able to escape without anyone noticing. Why don't you leave?"

"Because someone will be begging me to leave."

Orson said with a smile.

He had no sense of urgency at all about impending disaster, but was completely calm and calm.

…

Early the next morning, soldiers from Saint Laurent surrounded the entire police station and the Imperial Court.

There was even a large queue at the entrance of the palace, and they all demanded the royal family to release Orson.

At first, the royal family was quite resolute and refused to let him go. However, as more and more people gathered, the royal family was forced to use other methods.

First, the royal family sent someone to communicate and coordinate with the marching citizens, saying that they would release Orson, but the citizens did not buy it.

Under the instigation of someone with good intentions, the citizens only knew that their great savior, the hero of the empire, was jealous of the emperor and was subsequently imprisoned. As for other reasons and explanations from the royal family, they were all regarded as conspiracy theories.

It's very similar to the last time the police station was besieged.

However, after what happened last time, the citizens were even more excited this time.

Many citizens even raised the banner of "Don't let Osun go, don't recognize the emperor."

During the day, at the police station, Owen received a "letter of appointment" from Alsace. (monthly fee group)

Alsace transferred Owen to an out-of-town army as a mid-level officer, and replaced the top officer of the police station with his henchman.

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However, changing his confidants now is just a show. What Arthas really wants to do is to build momentum for the future Tribunal.

After a round of dismissal and replacement of disloyal officials, today's Saint Laurent has almost become a hall of Alsace himself.

However, at this time, the dissatisfaction of the people and the dissatisfaction of the local nobles also turned into armed conflicts.

In the morning, led by a group of mercenaries, angry citizens rushed into the security station and threw the newly appointed high sheriff out of the window. Later, the high sheriff was executed by the angry citizens and mercenaries with ulterior motives.

This move instantly angered Alsace, who quickly ordered the Forbidden Army to rush to the security office, disperse the citizens, and officially transfer Orson to the palace. However, next, a magical scene happened.

Previously, a large amount of funds from the Lissen Chamber of Commerce "disappeared out of thin air" every month. This money was actually used by Chelinina to recruit mercenaries.

Chelinina filled the mercenary's schedule so that the mercenary did not have to do anything but wait in Saint Laurent City.

And the opportunity we have been waiting for is just for this day.

As the saying goes, water from afar cannot resolve fire from near. If we really wait until the Dongchuang incident occurs, it will definitely be too late to mobilize troops from the Naples area. Therefore, directly using the force that can be obtained in Saint Laurent City has become the most important thing Orson instructed Chelinina to do. preparation.

It is precisely because of this that when the Imperial Guards arrived at the security office and prepared to disperse the crowd, they were surprised to find out.

The "citizens" in front of them were not only fully armed, but each of them looked quite elite.

If nothing else, resisting them is more than enough.

At this time, Orson was also rescued by the citizens.

Finally regaining his freedom after so many days, Orson looked at the citizens who were waiting for him outside and smiled sincerely.

His purpose was achieved.

Even if it is a military coup, it is best to win the hearts and minds of the people.

The aspirations of the people are invincible.

Standing at the door of the police station, Orson looked at the people and the mercenaries who were waiting for him, and said:

"Everyone, I believe you already know about me, so I won't go into details here."

"However, since you have chosen to believe me, I will definitely not disappoint everyone's expectations. From now on, defeating the false emperor Arthas and supporting His Highness Elsa is our goal."

"Our flag is to save the empire, but also to save all people!"

As Orson said this, his speech immediately aroused the morale of many citizens and mercenaries.

Everyone was filled with indignation and wished they could rush out and fight to the death with the Imperial Guards.

At this moment, Owen silently stood beside Orson.

After being dismissed, he did not leave immediately, but prepared to stay here for a day.

Then we encountered this situation.

In the end, Owen chose to follow his heart and join the side of justice.

Therefore, he stood by Orson's side and helped Orson.

…

In the palace, Arthas heard the report from the Forbidden Army and was so angry that he punched the table.

"These untouchables don't even think about who feeds them!"

Arthas was furious, and then looked at his men.

"Go outside the city, move the army back to part of the city, and quell the rebellion before the situation escalates."

"As for this battle, if you encounter Orson..."

Alsace took a deep breath and then said:

"Kill without mercy."

Chapter 53: How to stand in line, think carefully

Within the former Elsa-controlled area of ​​the royal family's direct territory.

Scaloni was not in a good mood at the moment.

After Alsace ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Scaloni, as the head of the state, was reactivated and led the army to take over the city originally controlled by Elsa.

Because most of the troops in Elsa's territory were city defense troops, and they were far from being comparable to the royal standing army in terms of quantity and quality, Scaloni captured several cities in succession in the early stages of the war.

However, when the other cities saw this, instead of surrendering, they were strengthening their city defenses and recruiting troops, as if they had already decided on Elsa's side. Even if he made a slogan like "After surrender, the emperor will ignore the past grudges," no one surrendered.

As the war situation progressed, the situation became less optimistic.

Elsa control

The controlled area is relatively close to Prussia, Naples and Antica, the closest of which is the Dukedom of Antica.

Just the day before yesterday, Scaloni had received intelligence that Antica's army had entered the royal territory.

Even though this move has seriously damaged the relationship between the vassals and the monarch, these local dukes still ignore the emperor's authority as if they are not afraid of failure.

Other cities controlled by Elsa have more or less won reinforcements from the Antica region at this time.

That wasn't what worried him the most.

What worried him most was the attitude of the other duchies.

Although the Duke of Aragon and the Duke of Lucia have expressed neutrality, they still gathered a large number of troops on the border, preparing to take advantage of the situation.

After experiencing the war, Naples also formed an army to go north. Although the number was small, it was still quite troublesome.

The Duke of Orleans has also sent 30,000 troops to attack the western border of the royal domain.

Of course, if the above can only be regarded as a small fight, the attack of the dormant tiger in the north really gave Scaloni a headache.

William, Duke of Prussia, sent 100,000 troops and moved directly towards the city of Saint Laurent.

Now, Prussia's 100,000 troops have crossed the border and penetrated deep into the empire.

There was only one choice before Scaloni, which was to return to the defense. After the political turmoil in Saint Laurent City was resolved, the emperor and other dukes made a compromise and transferred some of their interests in exchange for his continued rule.

Seeing the territory he was about to gain in front of him having to be vomited back again, Scaloni felt extremely uncomfortable.

The available troops at his disposal were only 150,000. The remaining armies of Prussia, Orleans, Antica, Naples, and Elsa combined totaled more than 300,000. This battle was impossible to fight.

However, just as he was about to withdraw his troops, he received an order from Alsace.

"General!"

The messengers rushed to the front line from Saint Laurent City and brought His Majesty the Emperor's order.

"What's up?"

Scaloni looked at the messenger in front of him and asked anxiously.

"His Majesty asked you to shrink your troops and return to defend Saint Laurent City. There is a fight in the city..."

"What?!"

Upon hearing the news, Scaloni looked at the messenger in front of him in disbelief.

"There's a fight in the city? How is it possible? Your Majesty, hasn't he left enough troops? How can a group of citizens make waves?"

"Yes... they are mercenaries!"

The messenger said so.

Hearing these words, Scaloni firmly held the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"Okay, withdraw the troops!"

…

"I knew this group of mercenaries would become a serious threat to the empire sooner or later!"

In the palace, Alsace had already smashed countless cups.

Although mercenaries are not good at large-scale field battles, street battles can just take advantage of the tacit cooperation between their groups.

"These mercenaries are hired by the Lissen Chamber of Commerce, right?"

Alsace stopped after smashing a few cups, looked at Rosalin who was sorting out the accounts, and asked.

"That's right."

Rosalind nodded.

"What are you doing?"

At this time, Alsace asked doubtfully.

"I'm sorting through all the money we can get right now."

"The reason why those mercenaries follow the Lissen Chamber of Commerce is nothing more than money. We just need to give them enough money, and we don't ask them to defect. We just want them to stop being enemies with us."

"So how much did you find out?"

"The late emperor doesn't seem to be good at managing money. There are a total of 30 million gold coins in the royal treasury, but most of them are not cash. The only cash we can use... is the treasury in Saint Laurent City."

Rosalin raised her head, looked at Alsace and said.

"treasury……"

Of course Alsace knew that because of their previous credibility, the royal family and local forces would never forcefully withdraw money from the treasury, so the treasury became the place where most wealthy people stored their savings.

Using the money in the treasury at this time is definitely a timely help.

But similarly, after the turmoil, the empire's economy will definitely be severely damaged, and it is not impossible to even set back a hundred years.

It is very difficult and slow to regain lost credibility.

but

In this critical situation, he had to protect himself before he could think about what to do next, so Alsace agreed to Rosalin's idea without even thinking about it.

"I will take people directly to the treasury to withdraw the money. Rosalind, you arrange some people to contact the leaders of the mercenaries."

"OK."

…

On the other side, Orson summoned all the mercenary leaders and held a meeting.