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As soon as Jerry returned to the imperial capital, he was brought to the palace by Shagru's special envoy. Shagru, who looked haggard, grabbed the small scepter in his hand blankly and said in a low voice: "Jerry, the four legions are here."

Is it so gone? Gaddafi was also killed? Even the twelve great knights of the Knights of Glory were seriously injured? It was even said that their injuries were caused by the secret methods of the Hades, so that the 'City of Gods'

None of the mages can help them recover quickly? The command of the Knights of Glory is now in the hands of a little girl?"

Shagru's voice was low, his speaking speed was slow, and his facial expression was lifeless. His body, which was originally quite majestic, now looked like a stallion that had been castrated and not well cared for.

His whole body was exhausted, and his broad shoulders had drooped. It seemed that his entire frame had become loose and collapsed in one night. His originally brilliant eyes, which could emit deadly electric sparks at countless beauties,

It has turned into a pair of dusty glass balls, without any light inside.

Compared with Shagru, Prince Andrei sitting next to him was much more energetic. The exaggeratedly luxurious robes shone with dazzling brilliance in the dim hall, and the small crown on his head was the most beautiful thing.

The diamond on top, which is as big as a fist, is beating like a ball of fire. There are more than thirty precious rings densely packed on the ten fingers. It feels like a boxing glove with the strongest defensive power. It is fat and greasy.

On his face, two mouse eyes blinked at Jerry, flashing with curiosity and a little bit of hope.

Jerry didn't notice Prince Andrei. He just saw Shagru's gloomy look. He couldn't help but feel sad. He knelt on the ground and said in a sad voice: "Your Majesty, I'm really sorry... We have failed the empire's expectations."

, we...if I had stayed in the 'Iron Castle' at that time, maybe Mr. Gaddafi would not have insisted on leading the troops out. But..."

Shagru did not speak, but Andre said in a loud voice: "Enough, enough, General Jerry, anything else is in vain. After all, General Gaddafi is known as the most loyal to our royal family.

generals have been killed, and seven of our most elite legions have been sent to the 'Iron Castle' defense line, but four of them have been annihilated by the enemy. In any case, the frontline commanders are not fighting well. This is certain and must be

Someone needs to be responsible.”

Shagru bit his lip, looked at Jerry with dim eyes like will-o'-the-wisps, and said nothing. Andre said eloquently: "According to His Majesty's wishes, the reward for you Jerry is

Because of your previous combat achievements, this reward is not direct. It is actually awarded to you because you must bear a certain responsibility for the defeat of this combat. Ah? It must be reviewed by the military department. If you

If there are no problems with your command of the battle, then you will receive the title of Duke."

Jerry was stunned. He raised his head. Shouldn't these opinions on disposal be issued by Shagru himself? A prince of the empire, no matter how lofty his status is, he has no reason to participate in such military affairs. However,

How did Jerry know that Shagru's whole spirit almost collapsed after knowing that the four legions were destroyed, and his uncle Prince Andrei took advantage of the opportunity to come in and make suggestions for him, and those ideas were all

They were all extremely appropriate, which made Shagru feel relieved to delegate many important powers to Andre's hands.

As for today's meeting with Jerry, Shagru would never believe that Lei would betray him, because he could see that Lei had no ambitions, and Lei had a simple love for the people of the empire.

How could he possibly collude with the enemy to frame his comrades? And Gaddafi, that rude old man, was well known to everyone in the empire for his loyalty to the imperial royal family. What's more, he had already died on the battlefield. In any case, he could not

We should stop blaming Gaddafi.

Then, among the three commanders on the front line, the only one who should be responsible for this defeat, after Prince Andre's hint, Shagru also believed that Jerry was the only one. In Shagru's opinion, Ray and Gaddafi

They are all brave and foolhardy generals. Although Jerry is slightly weaker in combat power, his brain should be easy to use. Then Jerry must be responsible for most of the battle plans. Therefore, this tragic defeat, if

If he had to find a scapegoat, Jerry would not be able to escape at any cost.

Emotionally, Shagru is also more inclined to convict Jerry. Although Jerry has made many contributions in the past, Jerry's importance in his mind cannot be compared with that of Ray and Gaddafi.

.The reason why when the messenger went to the front line to convey the order, he first sealed Jerry and then asked him to return to the imperial capital, it was because he was afraid that Jerry would rebel with the legion he controlled on the front line. Now that Jerry has honestly returned to the imperial capital, then

It's time to start censoring him.

Jerry heard the unpleasant taste in Andre's mouth. He quickly raised his head and said: "But Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the failure of this battle is entirely because of..."

Andre shouted loudly: "Nonsense, as the commander of the frontline operations, do you still have to find reasons for the defeat of the war? As a general of the Vante Empire, a victory is a victory, and a defeat is a defeat.

, where is it so wordy? Do you still want to tell me that someone else is responsible for this incident? This is unreasonable. Don’t always think about putting your own guilt on other people. As a member of the empire,

Knight, don’t you have such a consciousness?”

Jerry looked at Shagru blankly. He suddenly understood that Andre was going to commit a crime for Oliver, so he didn't know what nonsense he used to deceive Shagru into trusting him. However, although Jerry understood

He has realized this, but he has no way to get rid of the current unfavorable situation, because he is just a subject of Shagru, and Andre is Shagru's uncle. Even Jerry is not the most important person in the entire empire.

He is not an important minister. Although he is one of the three commanders on the front line, the Vante Empire has never lacked elite soldiers and generals, unless it is a perverted super general like Lei or a deeply loved general like Gaddafi.

Trusted by the royal family, otherwise no one can be replaced.

Someone has to be responsible for the defeat. It seems that in order to keep his cronies and avoid being impeached by the Senate for abusing the prince's power, Andrei simply wanted to sacrifice himself. Originally, among the nobles, there was always Someone is unlucky without knowing it. He is not Andre's crony, and he has no need to protect himself. At the same time, he is not a duke now, and even he is just an outstanding third-generation descendant in his own family. It's just that his weight in the family is not as important as that of his uncles who hold some official positions in the imperial capital.

Jerry was dumbfounded. Andre's words had already been put there. If he spoke out again, he would really give Shagrue such a bad impression, as if he was greedy for life and afraid of death and dared not take responsibility. For the honor of the knight and the pride of being a noble, Jerry stood up calmly and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have no explanation. I voluntarily accept the military investigation. From now on, I voluntarily terminate the investigation." I will go to the military headquarters to formally hand over the command authority to the two legions on the front line, and all command authority, to General Lei... My thousand personal knights, I will let them station in the garrison camp, I will not let them They do strange things."

Shagru's heart moved slightly. He nodded slowly and said in a soft voice: "Mr. Jerry, don't be too sad. This disastrous defeat has shocked the Imperial Senate. There is a lot of pressure, and the person responsible must be thoroughly investigated. Therefore, I can only temporarily wrong you. But as long as you are innocent, I will make compensation to you... At the same time, I hope you understand that in extraordinary times, the frontline personnel It failed miserably, and absolutely no word is allowed to leak out."

After a while of silence, Shagru took off the Grand Cross Eagle Medal of Honor from his chest, handed it to the guard beside him and handed it to Jerry: "Sir, I have always been brave in combat, and I feel very relieved. I don’t believe that you would make such an outrageous mistake. Uncle Emperor, ordered the military department to investigate everything thoroughly within ten days and clear your name... Jerry, you just go to your home and have a good publicity about me. Regarding the military’s results on the front line, well, officials from the Ministry of State will accompany you to meet with ambassadors from various countries, so you might as well slightly exaggerate the results of our empire’s battles.”

Jerry was stunned and stared blankly at Shagru, exaggerating his military exploits? This was unimaginable in Vantage. But he heard Andre gritting his teeth and saying: "Damn, that damn guy is dead The human demon Carlin actually told us that he used the entire treasury of their Smart Empire to bribe the Dragon Clan to sign a peace agreement with our mainland humans, and promised to send troops to attack the sinners on our behalf. But what did he say about their Smart Empire’s treasury? It has been completely exhausted, and it still owes the Dragon Clan a huge amount of treasure, requiring all six of us to donate jewelry worth between 10 billion and 50 billion gold coins...damn things."

Shagru also frowned: "Nowadays, military expenditures are huge. Fifty billion gold coins cannot be allocated at the moment, and the Smart Empire is pressing hard. They are purely using the dragon clan to intimidate us. So Jie Ruiqing needs to greatly exaggerate our results. Let's use this to negotiate with them and try to reduce the share we ask for...Karin is quite capable. He was able to bribe the Dragon Clan. The price is too high. However, as long as the guilty people can be eliminated, it is worth it."

Jerry was stunned. He didn't expect such a weird change to happen. However, based on his understanding of the guy Carlin, the amount of compensation proposed by the Smart Empire seemed to be too high, right? What if?

According to Karin's temper, if he spent one gold coin himself and others had to pay for his expenses, he would at least blackmail others for a thousand gold coins... It seems that Shagru was also hurt by the Smart people.

He has lost his mind, so such rogue methods are openly proposed.

Jerry nodded slowly, carefully hid the medal in his arms, and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we have fought several times with the criminals and eliminated a large number of their combat power. Especially this time we set up a

Ambush and annihilate more than 200,000 of their elites, 99% of which were attributed to General Lei. This is something that generals from other countries cannot deny, especially General Lei’s last raid on the elves’ magic circle, which wiped out a large number of elves.

Elves, everyone knows this. I will triple our results and tell them to ministers from other countries. I think the Smart Empire would be too embarrassed to ask for too much share from our Fante Empire."

Andre's face suddenly relaxed a lot, and he said with a smile: "Hey, good, good, good, that's good. The strength of a sinner is at least equivalent to that of a gold second-level knight, which is worth ten thousand

The war achievements of more than 200,000 gold coins can be converted into 5 billion gold coins. Adding in the elves and other fragmentary contributions, we can see that the Smart people have indeed made a great achievement this time.

In the face of merit, I can barely give them more than 10 billion gold coins to compensate their treasury... It's simply blackmail. With 50 billion gold coins, do you think all the houses in our Smart Empire are made of gold?"

Shagru nodded repeatedly, and there was a hint of excitement on his face. He chuckled and said, "Then, let's do it. Recently we have trained five million new troops. The military expenditure is too great. We can save as much as we can."

Save as much as you want. After this war with the guilty people is over, I am afraid that the countries on the mainland will not be able to start another war for at least 20 years, no matter what... Jerry Qing, you have worked hard all the way, please step down...

.Come here, the Minister of Military Affairs and the Minister of Finance are here to see you."

Jerry bowed lightly and stepped back. He walked heavily in the corridor of the palace, with the conversation just now echoing in his mind. He suddenly felt that it seemed that only Lei, indeed only Lei, was the only person worthy of trust.

The big man who constantly used his body to protect his companions during the bloody battle in Turk Canyon was indeed the only trustworthy guy among all the Imperial people.

Military Minister Sidok walked quickly from the other end of the corridor. When he saw Jerry's lonely figure, he immediately stopped. Then he slapped Jerry heavily on the shoulder and whispered: "Young man,

Cheer up, you guys fought well. We old guys from the military are supporting you, don't be afraid. Huh, even if those people in the civil service want to take action on you, they still have to see if I'm dead.

...I will go to your house to find you later, and you can explain to me clearly why Gaddafi is so crazy and leading his people to attack."

Jerry smiled helplessly: "It's very simple. Gaddafi only listens to His Majesty's direct orders, and our Military Affairs Officer has the troop deployment order written by His Majesty himself. That guy Gaddafi, inside his head

Something is missing, so when he saw the troop movement order, he ignored everything, so..." Jerry suddenly thought, maybe Shagru actually knew that the problem was with his troop movement order, so he became

Such a lonely and godless person? After all, Andre is his uncle, and he cannot be cruel to Andre. From this point of view, Shagru is not a pure royal family after all. The real royal family, for power

and shirk responsibility, no one will be spared.

There was a hint of fierceness in Sidok's eyes, followed by a look of helplessness. He nodded slowly, smiled bitterly and said: "Then, I understand. You can have a good time in the Imperial Capital for a few days.

Well, after I go to the Senate to find a few senators who are leaning towards us and explain the matter clearly, you can continue to go to the front line of Iron Castle... However, you must be mentally prepared. This fiasco will shock the aristocratic circle.

It's too great, you are under a lot of pressure. Last time, the Walters family was just because of the disastrous defeat of the Jaguar Army..."

Sidok shook his head, and under the urging of the guard leading the way, he hurried towards the meeting room.

Jerry lazily walked out of the palace with square steps, lazily pushed away the reins handed to him by the guard, and whispered: "Let me walk on the street, alas."

A soft voice rang: "Jerry...Long time no see. Are you okay?"

Jerry looked closely, but it was Kelly holding a small basket, standing in a corner of the street looking at him from a distance. The nearby palace guards all had stiff faces and fierce eyes, and Kelly did not dare to come closer.

Jerry smiled, reluctantly cheered up, and strode over: "Hahahaha, isn't this Kelly? Why, how did you know I was back? Haha, didn't you want to ask me if I'm in good health?

Do you want to ask about someone's situation?... Alas, I, Jerry, am a poor man. I have so many confidantes, but few of them have a conscience."

Kelly's face turned red all of a sudden, and there were even beads of sweat on the tip of her nose. Jerry shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Ha, just kidding, just kidding, really, I can't stand jokes at all."

What? Don’t worry, that guy Lei is as strong as a bull. He almost has the power of the legendary Paladin now. There are not many people who can compete with him. Don’t worry."

Kelly suddenly became happy. She smiled and opened the lid of her basket and said, "These are the freshly made snacks I brought from Grandma Shalin for you."

Jerry smiled and shook his head, took the basket, and said loudly and deliberately: "Poor, if I didn't tell the good news about Lei, I probably wouldn't even be able to eat snacks."

A loud voice came from behind Jerry: "Hahahaha, it's just snacks... Jerry, tomorrow night, I will hold a night party. If you have time, come and participate. About this time

Regarding the war, I have something on my mind that I want to tell you... Hahaha, don't worry, it's nothing serious. I, Andre, can't accuse you of anything."

Jerry trembled all over, but he saw the smiling Andre standing behind him like a wall, smiling and loving, as if he was his dearest son.

But his rapidly moving fingers were telling Jerry that this banquet was not something he could tolerate easily.

On the front line of the 'Iron Castle', Lei Zheng was braving the wind and snow with a group of Silver Wolf soldiers waving shovels. The frozen mud made a shrill howling sound under their shovels, and was dug up piece by piece.

When he got up, Lei roared an unknown folk tune loudly, and the soldiers were also shirtless and roared crazily. From meaningless roars to crazy curses on God and the sinners, as long as they could make them feel that they were

Full of strength, they all roared out, and a rough wildness filled the entire position.
To be continued...