Chapter 60 The Last Time
On a wide plain.
There is a chase that is chasing each other.
"Sir Wang Jue, you run first, I will be behind you!"
"Sir King, Strong will be loyal to you in the next life!"
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang~!" The light cavalry chasing behind him held wheeled pistols and kept firing.
"Ahhhh!"
Following King Bruno's loyal subordinates, one by one, the number of troops around him gradually became loose.
Bruno's face was covered in black, and the armor on his body had long been abandoned to reduce the weight. It was most appropriate to describe his image of running away in a panic.
It's over.
Completely finished.
There was a huge army of more than two million, only the thirty or fifty cavalry around him.
He carefully prepared for the good situation that had been formed for decades, and within about half a day, under the bombardment of countless thunder weapons, all turned into nothingness.
Even until now, King Bruno, who is only concerned about running away, still feels that he is dreaming, having a nightmare, and not waking up.
But the cruel thing is that this is not a nightmare, but a tragic reality!
He, the title of King Bruno, was defeated.
Become a gambler who lost all the money.
Seeing the pursuers behind him getting closer and closer, King Bruno, who was unable to accept this reality, grabbed the dagger at his waist, ready to learn about his life when he was caught up.
“Hohuhuhuhuhu~”
"Your Majesty has an order to release the prince's name on his way, so there is no need to chase him again!"
When a whistle sounded, there were less than 20 followers around him, and the emperor's messenger ran over.
The closed encirclement had already been completed, and deliberately opened a hole to release King Bruno.
Zhou Ming's first pardon took effect like this.
The noble lords in the empire suffered unprecedented heavy damage!
In this rebellion that lasted less than three months, the rebels, who had more than 3 million people on the expedition, suffered more than 1.5 million casualties and were captured by millions of firearms. The number of people returning to their hometown intact was no more than 200,000, and their morale dropped to 0.
And after this crushing defeat.
Seeing the power of the Royal Legion, the noble alliance immediately collapsed. Countless defeated nobles cried and wanted to be loyal to the emperor, saying that they would never participate in the rebellion in the future, and asked His Majesty for forgiveness and pardon them once.
However, the only ones who enjoy immunity were the Lucis family. The other nobles who participated in the rebellion not only had to depose their titles, but also had to take back their territory and change them into prefectures and counties.
After such a cleanup, the control scope of the imperial territory and the king's consular area will be increased from one third to two thirds... the actual controlled territory will be doubled.
If the remaining nobles who did not participate in the rebellion and the Lucis family who were pardoned, they would announce their loyalty to the royal family again. Zhou Ming would choose to leave the past without any blame.
Of course, the remaining nobles, except for the Lucis family, had not expressed their opinions, and the other families had long been frightened by the powerful combat power of the royal army. They did not say that they were loyal to each other. The legitimate sons in the family were sent to the imperial capital as hostages, and they consciously added at least twice the gifts they offered to the royal family every year, and vowed that they would never betray the emperor.
Where is the Lucis family?
What are they going to do when they return home and lick their wounds desperately?
I will fight to the end and insist on fighting.
Or should you bow your head and admit your mistakes, and those who know the current affairs are heroes?
The Lucis family was divided into two factions and debated endlessly.
But King Bruno, who was unwilling to fail, suppressed the faction that he had admitted his mistakes and surrendered, and did his own thing despite the dissuasion, and soon used the second chance of pardon.
What did Bruno do?
He actually used another chance to pardon.
assassin.
Top Assassin.
Bruno sent a team of dead soldiers with great martial arts to the imperial capital to carry out the plan to assassinate the emperor.
These dead soldiers almost succeeded. Not only did they kill dozens of elite guards, they also approached the emperor and used a poisonous short sword to cut off His Majesty's sleeves and almost killed the emperor.
After investigation, it was found that the group of dead soldiers were sent by the Lucis family.
Public opinion in the entire empire immediately changed significantly.
"Is the Lucis family endlessly successful? Because His Majesty is unwilling to marry them, they will rebel and send assassins to assassinate the emperor?"
"The King Lucis, who have relied on the fact that the first King has made some contributions, have been extremely arrogant and domineering. They have made more and more flaws. Even the emperor has to look at their faces."
"I think His Majesty's repentance is normal. Who would like to marry such a domineering family?"
"Your Majesty, the Lucis family is lawless and cannot conquer the world. They dare to assassinate His Majesty. What kind of deviant things will be done next is self-evident. Your Majesty, I suggest that you should revoke the promise of pardon, mobilize the royal army, and destroy the Lucis family!"
The minister's proposal attracted a lot of approval.
But Zhou Ming shook his head and refused, saying, "A gentleman's words are as good as he can. Since I said that I would pardon the Lucis family three times, I will do what I say and never break my promise!"
In this way, while the Lucis family had only one chance to pardon, they also fell into a very negative and unfavorable situation in public opinion.
Even so, King Bruno, who was still unwilling to fail, was still on the road to death, and was getting further and further.
What did he do?
What did he do to death the third time?
Noble Alliance.
He tried to form a second noble alliance, unite all noble lords to him, obey his orders, form a noble coalition, and launch an attack on the emperor!
However, this time, there were no noble birds.
All the answers to him were rejections.
The royal legion of the imperial court is so powerful, who would be willing to bet on his wealth, life and hereditary titles and territory, and play a game with Bruno that may not have even won?
In the face of a huge gap in strength, the number of allies Bruno can pull is of course 0.
But Bruno was unwilling to give up. He had a vicious plan and held a Hongmen Banquet, invited hundreds of nobles to the banquet, and then threw the cups into the vocals, and the swords and axes all came out to control the hundreds of nobles, and then forced them to join his noble alliance.
Whoever doesn’t join will kill anyone!
The result disappointed Bruno. At the banquet, less than 50 people agreed to him, and the other 250 people refused to agree no matter how forced him.
Can only kill them all!
Knowing that King Bruno had been making a big fuss, he simply did not stop. After the banquet, he led an army of hundreds of thousands to attack the surrounding aristocratic territories that did not cooperate. In just two or three months, he swallowed up dozens of territories and strengthened his strength.
But the court certainly saw everything the Lucis family did.
He would not allow the Lucis family to expand their territory and attempt to integrate all the aristocratic forces.
So at Zhou Ming's instructions, about 100,000 firearms were sent to various rebels that resisted the invasion of the Lucis family. With so many firearms support, the Lucis family's army soon suffered repeated defeats.
In just three or four months, 1 million troops were lost and all occupied land was lost.
Later, they were reversed to the local area by various rebels. In addition, the people in the kingdom were dispersed, and the nobles turned against each other. Faced with the attack of millions of rebels, the Lucis family could only shrink all the remaining forces into the tall royal city with the city walls.
The once arrogant Lucis family has now come to an end.
As for the stubborn King Bruno, he was hit by a bullet in a certain battle. After the wound became suppurated, the fire of life also reached the verge of extinguishing, and was abandoned by the family, and no one listened to his orders anymore.
At the time of death, there was no one around him.
In the end, the Lucis family still did not perish and was saved.
Because in the emperor, the Lucis family had another chance to pardon.
Last chance!
In the process of fighting for this opportunity to pardon, Elsa became the savior of the Lucis family. Under the desperate escort of the family's death soldiers, she rushed out of layers of encirclement, got rid of endless pursuit, entered the imperial capital, and met Zhou Ming.
When they met, they knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Lucis family is wrong! The Lucis family is willing to regain allegiance to His Majesty and never rebel again! I beg your Majesty to keep his promise and pardon the Lucis family for the last time!"
Chapter completed!