I Will Be The Crowned King

March 14, Inner City, Osteria Palace.

A special banquet is being held in the palace, row upon row of noble carriages slowly walk along the red carpet that stretches from the palace gate to the inner court, the well-dressed gentlemen walk up the stairs with the slender hands of their female companions. With the shouts of the attendants of the Wang family, they stepped into this splendid hall like their ancestors hundreds of years ago.

The crystal lamps that look like stars are bright and dazzling, and the countless food and wine are dizzying. In the beautiful notes flowing like a stream, guests gather at the table in twos and threes to chat and laugh, or step into the dance floor and dance.

It was a special time, in a special place, for a special reason.

Although this is the Royal Palace of Osteria, even though the king wearing the crown is sitting in the center of the banquet hall, accepting the audience of every guest, all men and women will look at this place from the corner of their eyes from time to time. The real "protagonist" of the banquet.

Ludwig Franz.

At this time, he was dressed in a general's uniform, with a smile on his face that did not look as cold as in the past, holding a wine glass and chatting and laughing with various guests; decent behavior and the sharp demeanor of a soldier made everyone who came in contact with him. All brightened up.

In the midst of all the noise, the too young major general chatted with more than a dozen guests back and forth for nearly an hour, and finally left for the time being in the eyes of everyone, and walked towards a **** path that also just broke out of everyone's attention. girl.

"It's surprising."

Sophia, whose eyes were flowing, looked at Ludwig who was sitting down, and said with a chuckle:

"I didn't expect you to be invincible not only on the battlefield, but also in such social situations, Major General Ludwig."

"Just laugh at me."

Ludwig, who sighed, showed a helpless expression on his face:

"If I can, I'd love to be able to take the legion to the battlefield now, but without those people, even if there are only 10,000 people, it will have to wait until four months later."

"If I can add another artillery company and 2,000 shells to the Legion, I don't mind holding a smiling face and hosting another banquet for this group of people!"

"It's really realistic and impressive." Sophia in a light-colored long dress still maintained an incomparably calm elegance:

"I guess if the Elf King Ysiel promised that if you were willing to marry his daughter, he would surrender unconditionally to Clovis, and you would probably be very happy to accept it too?"

"Maybe, whatever sarcasm you want."

Holding up the wine glass, Ludwig did not change his face. He was already used to his sister who was covered in thorns:

"But really, when it comes to admiration, isn't the most surprising one not our father?"

"How?" The girl tilted her head curiously.

"You can also see how much time he spent to pry the corner from the Privy Council and the Guards so that the Franz family could occupy a place in the Clovis Police Hall." He looked at the archbishop who was sitting beside the king in the distance. , Ludwig said softly:

"But after my repeated rejection, he actually accepted this; not only did he not continue to force it, he was even willing to help me get the position of commander of the Southern Army."

"Isn't it surprising enough that I couldn't even think about it if it were something like this before?"

When the words fell, Ludwig couldn't help but sigh; although he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, after all, he had let his father's efforts for several months go to waste.

The wide-eyed Sophia looked at the complex expression on his face mixed with remorse, and suddenly "Puchi!", she couldn't help giggling.

"Puuuuuuuuuuuu..."

Ludwig turned his head suspiciously and looked at Sophia, who suddenly covered her smile with a pearl fan:

"Is there anything funny about it?"

"Funny? No... just surprised." The girl tried her best to suppress her smile, her shoulders and chest shrugging slightly:

"After so many years, you still expect our father to change his mind?"

Ludwig was puzzled.

"I don't know the details, because my father didn't tell me either." Sophia smiled gracefully:

"But if I had guessed correctly, he would have guessed that you would refuse to accept the appointment of the Inspector General of the Police Department."

"What's the meaning?"

"It means that what you were worried about before is probably just the smoke bomb thrown by your father - although he may have hoped so." Sophia picked up the handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.

"Of course you would be happy if you became the Chief of Police, but you refused; this means that all the wealthy families in Clovis who were rescued because of you owe the Franz family a huge favor!"

"If they don't want to be held by the Franz family's favor, they have to repay in some ways as soon as possible; so the first thing the newly appointed police chief did was to find himself A clerk from a monastery, and at the same time, all the churches in the city are included in the scope of 'key patrol'."

"Then I guess this banquet also has an investment in the Southern Legion as part of their 'return'?"

Ludwig was a little depressed.

"And the location of Whitehall Street is also - the land that my father bought from the railway commission for a near-free price, and sold it to the newly established Police Department for a twenty-fold increase." Sophia took a sip. wine:

"And one of our collateral uncles and two cousins, who were originally bank clerks and monastery priests, have now become middle and high-level officers of the Police Department, working in civilian agencies, and will probably be promoted to assistant soon. Director or Deputy Director or something?"

Ludwig had no desire to even roll his eyes.

"These are just the parts I know." Sophia shook her head, but her gloating eyes never left Ludwig's cheeks:

"As for more private and unknown transactions, I'm afraid you will have to ask your father himself."

Ludwig sighed helplessly: "It must make you very happy to see me so depressed, right?"

"Where?!"

The girl immediately denied it: "We are on the same front when it comes to confronting my father's wishes!"

"It's better to say that as the heir of the family, you still have the right to be willful and resist; if it were me, I probably wouldn't even have a good thing like 'advance notice'."

"Dear Brother Ludwig, I have always spared no effort to support you."

"Really?" The corners of Ludwig's mouth rose, apparently in complete disbelief:

"That doesn't sound like someone trying to pry my deputy commander away."

"Just gave him an investment."

Sophia emphasized: "Anson Bach is not as popular as you and is eager to send you money; if you don't even have an investor, do you plan to let him and the soldiers climb the snowy mountains in single clothes?"

"I don't need you to tell me about this kind of thing!" Ludwig was a little irritable:

"So I have sent Roman to find him with an invitation, and I will introduce him to those who sponsored me at the banquet, so that he can establish his own network; including logistics and supply lines, as long as he speaks, I have Why didn't you agree to him?"

"He is my deputy commander, and I promoted him to this position by myself, and I brought him here because I recognized his ability; you really think I would just watch him because of the small problem of lack of supplies, Just doing nothing in the whole war?!"

Ludwig couldn't help shaking his head, and a helpless look appeared on his face again; in his opinion, this was purely Sophia looking for some fun, but he didn't know that this would make Anson embarrassed when he was carrying out orders. .

"Alchemy." The girl suddenly said.

"what?"

"I said... You are now treating Ansen Bach with a charitable mentality." Sophia looked at Ludwig with an inexplicable face and shook her head gently:

"I don't know if you've noticed, but you're speaking more and more like our father, Brother Ludwig."

"No." The girl suddenly changed the conversation: "Even a father will give people the right to choose, and he will never force others to serve him without saying anything."

"Why did I force it?!" Ludwig frowned:

"You didn't see it with your own eyes at Thundercastle, but I saw it; Anson Bach's strategic vision and ability to respond to the situation, an officer as capable as him should not be thrown in the rear that is doomed to do nothing, I'm giving him a chance to show his talent!"

"You mean that you brought the main army to attack Yingjiao City, and asked him to climb over the Dawn Bingfeng, from the enemy's rear... to support you?"

"Every officer has something he is good at and something he is not good at." Ludwig could only explain to his sister:

"I am an artilleryman, and I have a certain degree of confidence in siege; and Ansen Bach is a skirmisher. He is definitely better than me at carrying a small army and maneuvering in the field."

"But he was the one who brought down Fort Thunder for you." Sophia continued to tease Ludwig's nerves.

"That's right! That's why I trust and respect him so much. It's not what you said... charity."

Ludwig's stern cheeks twitched slightly: "Anyway, Roman has already sent the invitations. If there is anything you want to know, you might as well ask him in person!"

"But I still don't understand, why do you care so much about him? In the letter you sent before, didn't you keep complaining to me that this guy is a liar and made you fooled several times?"

"Yes, this guy is a real liar."

Sophia snorted softly: "But even so, it doesn't mean that he has no merits."

"What's more, I've already sponsored him a lot of money. If the army is wiped out due to the unfair treatment of the commander-in-chief, wouldn't the money I've worked so hard to save go to waste?"

Very reasonable explanation, but not enough to convince Ludwig, who knew her very well.

He slowly looked back at his absent-minded sister, and a strange feeling gradually came to his mind:

"I think I guessed wrong, Sophia, shouldn't you be..."

Just when Ludwig was about to say something, a familiar figure came to the two of them and bowed slightly to them with his hands behind his back:

"Major General, and Miss Sophia, good afternoon."

"Good afternoon, Roman." Ludwig nodded slightly to his most trusted lieutenant:

"Did you bring someone in? The servants of the Wang family outside didn't embarrass you, right?"

"no."

Roman shook his head gently: "Because Ansen Bach was no longer in the barracks when I arrived—more precisely, he had left the capital with the army; the door of his room was locked, and there was only one left on the door. this letter."

"gone?"

Ludwig looked stunned, and quickly opened the letter that Roman handed over. Sophia, who pretended not to care, also straightened her waist, and looked at the contents of the letter with her peripheral vision:

"Dear Major General Ludwig Franz:

I'm sorry to say goodbye to you in this way. This is mainly because I need to arrive at the back of Eagle Point City in advance in the next battle plan to assist you in capturing this fortress behind the enemy.

But I myself have never been to the Seven Cities Alliance in the South, nor have I had any experience in climbing the Dawn Bingfeng; if I set off at the same time as you, it is absolutely impossible to complete this task under the current situation.

Therefore, after thinking it over and over again, I decided to lead the army ahead of schedule, reach and climb over the Dawn Ice Peak as quickly as possible, find out the combat readiness of the Seven Cities Alliance in the South and the Iser Elves, and lay the most solid foundation for your upcoming victory.

Of course, to cross the snowy mountains and fight independently in the enemy's territory requires adequate preparation to deal with various situations. You must know better than me.

Therefore, according to your previous promise to me that you can get as much light weapons and equipment as you can get, the three regiments of grenadier equipment still have a thousand Borny rifles, so I will not be polite to you.

In addition, there are some necessary materials for crossing the snow-capped mountains. I also took some of the supplies from the Southern Army; all of them have been marked with white strips on the sealing boxes. You can check them one by one to see if you have missed any.

In addition, if there is anything that needs to be notified to me, please do not send light cavalry to send orders; in order to be in a hurry, I directly packed a steam train at Wangdu Central West Station, luckily~www.readwn.com~ No need to add another carriage It can hold all the soldiers and supplies.

Of course, it's in your name and that of the Southern Corps, be careful to check the Railroad Commission's bill.

I wish all the best for the banquet and tomorrow's out-of-city ceremony, I am waiting for you at Eagle Point City.

Your loyal Deputy Commander, Anson Bach.

yours truly. "

The stunned Ludwig froze in place, looking up at the banquet hall window involuntarily.

In the wilderness dozens of kilometers away, an equally noisy and lively banquet was being staged on the "Rock" steam train: Anson and Karl, who were dragging the material boxes, shuttled in one car after another, with the cheers of the soldiers. He blew open bottle after bottle of rum.

"The goal is Dawn Bingfeng, let's move forward - the storm group!"

"Oh oh oh--!!!!"

The steam train made a carnival whistle, and the dark war beast spewed thick smoke and rushed to the land that was about to be ignited by the fire of war.