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Chapter 114 The Peacock Empire Shocked the World Twice (5k)

The previous chapter was rewritten; the author is currently revising it.

[You strongly agree with the White Eagle Empire's emperor's idea of ​​consolidating imperial power. As the emperor of a mighty empire, he should naturally be able to do whatever he wants!]

Can a group of powerful families unite to fight against imperial power?

How can this be possible?

Moreover, these aristocratic families actually control the army and warbands. In a sense, the aristocratic families of the White Eagle Empire already possess the power to overthrow the royal family.

This is no longer an ordinary aristocratic family!

We must strike hard!

The Emperor of the White Eagle Empire understood your tactic of stirring up trouble, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

Lin Xia, you don't need to worry that I will go easy on these powerful families.

[You simply don't understand the frustration of being a supreme emperor who, when trying to implement policies to promote reforms, is met with resistance from these powerful families united in their opposition.]

Don't worry, I will provide you with any assistance I can.

Every strategic plan devised by the Anti-Red Alliance was sent to headquarters for approval by the powerful families.

I will also be present during this approval process.

[After all, this is a foreign war that concerns the fate of my White Eagle Empire. As the emperor of the empire, how can I not participate?]

I will send you these battle decisions and various plans at that time.

Once Chixin grasps the initial decision-making on the battlefield, they will undoubtedly be able to implement the most effective defense in the shortest amount of time.

The Emperor of the White Eagle Empire's assistance was undeniably powerful.

After all, in a sense, war is essentially information warfare!

[Having prior knowledge of the Anti-Red Alliance's pre-battle information and various deployments would allow us to achieve twice the result with half the effort.]

Most importantly, the message personally delivered by the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire also facilitated the Red Heart Society's infiltration tactics, involving both real and fake spies.

With the repeated leaks of top-level secrets from the Anti-Red Alliance, the Anti-Red Alliance will inevitably conduct a major internal review.

Who would have thought that it was the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire who personally delivered the message to the Red Heart Society?

The question of why Your Majesty would rebel would never have happened when the White Eagle royal family held immense power and extraordinary strength.

[Just in the unlikely event that people from other countries might think of this, but would they dare to ask?]

Even if the powerful families of the White Eagle Empire sensed something was amiss, would they dare investigate the White Eagle Emperor?

[If you dare investigate the White Eagle royal family today, you dare kill them tomorrow!]

Which royal family could tolerate this?

Therefore, with the White Eagle Empire's emperor as a high-ranking spy, Red Heart has already won half the battle.

In February of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, three million troops of the White Eagle Empire arrived near the federal central city via a large teleportation array.

[The Federation's aristocratic families frequently intermarry with the White Eagle Empire's aristocratic families, so when they invited friends and allies this time, offering a large amount of Federation benefits as gifts, the White Eagle Empire had the largest number of families responding.]

When there's money to be made and benefits to be gained, they are still very willing to help their relatives who have fallen into difficulties.

Most importantly, the Red Heart Society's massacre of aristocratic families and its dissemination of their internal cultivation techniques were becoming increasingly unacceptable to them.

If everyone in the world could cultivate martial arts, how would their aristocratic families maintain their advantage?

If the world's prestigious bloodline system were broken, and the value of aristocratic bloodlines were questioned, the interests of aristocratic families worldwide would inevitably suffer severe losses.

Therefore, they will never allow a regime that speaks for the underprivileged and promotes equality for all to be established.

Even though everyone knows that true equality is simply impossible in this extraordinary world.

[They cannot accept relative equality, or even equality of human rights at the legal level!]

This door must absolutely not be opened!

Aristocratic families should be superior to others!

From the moment they are born, scions of noble families should stand at the pinnacle of the world, relying on their prestigious bloodlines!

Resources, talent, money, and even systems and policies must serve the aristocratic families unconditionally.

This is the kind of environment that aristocratic families around the world need!

[And the lowest caste should accept their fate from the moment they are born!]

Of course, if it's time to strive, then we still must strive.

After all, if the common people don't strive and make their wallets even a little fuller, how will the powerful families continue to exploit them?

Therefore, the most desirable social environment for aristocratic families is one where everyone in the world knows of their prestige, and all the most talented professionals are proud to be treated as dogs kept by these families.

The lower class views other lower-class individuals as competitors, relentlessly crushing and bullying them, seeking happiness in the more miserable living conditions of the latter.

Only in this way can the powerful families rest easy.

On this day, the Sunset Empire, the Winter Empire, the White Eagle Empire, and the Federation's aristocratic families formed an anti-Red Heart Alliance.

They must completely destroy the Red Heart Society in the shortest possible time; they must not allow this virus-like system, capable of infecting the minds of the lower classes, to disrupt the pure atmosphere of this world.

The allied forces have repeatedly extended public invitations to the Mauryan Empire, but have yet to receive a clear response from the Mauryan royal family.

The Allied high command believed that the Red Heart Society could no longer be allowed to develop further.

Thus, a massive allied force of nearly nine million, after forging the alliance, began a planned general offensive, with each force advancing according to its own location towards the direction of the Red Heart Society.

In March of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the allied forces' first general offensive failed to inflict significant casualties on the Red Heart Society. Instead, this unprecedented defeat dealt a severe blow to the allied forces' morale.

[On the eastern border defense line, Deng Qi, as you instructed, is relying on Liu Wentao to draw the attention of the Sunset Empire.]

[There is an agreement among nations that ninth-tier professionals cannot act arbitrarily on the battlefield.]

However, an eighth-tier professional clad in the Crimson Heart Armor becomes a terrifying force on the battlefield, comparable to a ninth-tier professional.

Therefore, while Liu Wentao drew the full force of the army, Deng Qi led the Red Heart Army straight to the heart of the enemy's lair.

Although the Sunset Empire had adopted the most advantageous defensive formation, their newly constructed attack positions were completely destroyed by Deng Qi.

Despite the overwhelming superiority of the Allied forces, the main battlefront remained incredibly difficult.

[Even the Red Heart Society could control every deployment of the allied forces.]

[And each counterattack by the Red Heart Society precisely targeted the allied forces' weaknesses.]

This situation of being completely overwhelmed and suppressed, with all strategic plans exposed and even traps laid within them, led the coalition forces to suspect that a traitor had emerged from the high command.

This caused a huge uproar within the allied forces.

The calls for the traitor to be found and hanged were growing louder among the Allied forces.

[In a high-level meeting, everyone sits here, staring at each other.]

First, exclude the Federation's aristocratic families, because the Red Heart would want their heads, so they would never betray them.

Secondly, excluding the White Eagle Empire, the high-ranking officials here are all relatives of the Federation's aristocratic families; they are all connected by blood.

Furthermore, the White Eagle Empire, as a regime unified by imperial families and powerful clans, is inherently opposed to the Red Heart Society.

A defection within the Federation is better than a defection from the White Eagle Empire.

Finally, there were the knightly orders, mage orders, and assassin orders teleported from the Winter Empire to help.

[However, the Winter Empire had recently been humiliated and trampled underfoot by the Red Heart Society, and the deep-seated hatred between the two sides on the southern border was even greater than that between any other forces.]

Even with the White Eagle Empire's betrayal, the Winter Empire has no chance of surrendering to the Red Heart Society.

[Based on this calculation, the federal aristocratic families, as the host nations, actually have the highest probability of producing traitors.]

[For a time, both the White Eagle Empire and the Winter Empire turned their conflicts towards the Federation's aristocratic families.]

What exactly do you mean by this?

Was the purpose of inviting us here to join forces with the Red Heart Society to ambush and kill us?

The most enraged in this process were the troops of the White Eagle Empire.

Ultimately, the Red Heart Society has slaughtered many aristocratic families in the Federation and fought against the Winter Empire.

[But from beginning to end, the Red Heart Society never attacked the White Eagle Empire.]

So in a sense, they brought this trouble upon themselves.

In response, the Qin family patriarch solemnly promised the White Eagle Empire that, regardless of the circumstances, the Federation would provide the White Eagle Empire with an explanation.

Thus began an internal investigation within the Federation. However, what caused the Allied forces' crushing defeat was not the eastern border or the main battlefields, but the southern defense line.

[Lin Xue led a million-strong Red Heart Army to break through the formidable defenses of the Winter Empire's border forces. Having learned from you that the Winter Empire had positioned its main forces at the forest's exit, leaving the Winter defenses weak, she adopted a straightforward and open attack strategy.]

Overnight, Lin Xue captured the Frostwind Defense Line, a massive undertaking undertaken by the Frostwind Empire.

The Winter Empire's strategic assessment that Lin Xue would not attack the Winter Defense Line and would continue to bypass it, penetrating deep into the Winter Empire's territory through the forest exit, proved to be a serious miscalculation.

Under Lin Xue's precise command and coordination, the more than ten counterattacks launched by the Winter Empire were easily repelled.

[Especially when the Winter Empire attempted to launch a surprise attack on Lin Xue by taking a detour, Lin Xue was instead battered and bruised by the deployment of numerous extraordinary traps, massive military weapons, and artillery bombardment.]

Finally, under the unified charge of the Red Heart Army, over ten thousand routed soldiers were captured by the Red Heart Society.

At first, the prisoners of the Winter Empire were terrified after being taken to the southern border defenses, fearing they would be subjected to inhumane treatment.

After all, the massacre of prisoners of war is a very common practice in various countries around the world.

Prisoners of war, regardless of the country, are deprived of human rights.

[However, when they entered the Southern Territory and entered the prisoner-of-war camp set up by the Red Heart Society, they were surprised to find that the Red Heart Society treated prisoners better than they had in the Winter Empire's army.]

Although they were assigned by the Red Heart Society to repair the defenses, they were entitled to three meals a day, both spiritual and physical, upon completion of their work.

Even more outrageous, prisoners who performed well were allowed to participate in the martial arts exchange conferences held periodically by the Red Heart Army.

Although they did not practice the corresponding cultivation methods and could not understand the technical terms and secret incantations used by the Red Heart Army.

But they weren't stupid. Upon learning of the enhancements that cultivation techniques provided to professionals, and that these techniques were treasures kept secret by aristocratic families, with the lower classes having absolutely no chance of cultivating them, they were all deeply shaken.

The Winter Empire's nobility's control over the lower classes surpasses, if not surpasses, that of the Federation's aristocratic families.

Therefore, these prisoners immediately realized that perhaps coming to the Red Heart Society would be the starting point for changing their fate.

[The cultivation technique that only noble lords could practice was being distributed free of charge to ordinary soldiers by the Red Heart Society.]

Does that mean that if they join the Red Heart Army, they can also receive the cultivation techniques?

As a result, the prisoners worked even harder and repeatedly expressed their desire to join the Red Heart Society to the members.

Lin Xue did not immediately agree to this.

Things that are too easily obtained are not valued.

Furthermore, we are at a crucial juncture in this battle, and she dared not rashly join the ranks without knowing the prisoners' true intentions.

[If a mutiny were to occur during the final battle, it would be a huge blow to the entire Red Heart Society.]

The Frostline, once a source of great hope for the Winter Empire but now viewed with suspicion by various factions within it, displayed astonishing defensive power after falling into the hands of the Crimson Heart Society.

[A large number of siege weapons were reduced to scrap metal under the terrifying array power of the winter defense line.]

The combined power of over a dozen terrifying mage legions unleashing a forbidden ice spell was also shattered by the super-array attack of the Winter's Defense Line.

When the Winter Empire doubted the Winter Defense Line and even considered dismantling this powerful defense line that had cost countless manpower, resources, and money, Lin Xue proved the Winter Defense Line's strength to the world.

The terrifying defensive capabilities of the Frostfire Line perfectly matched the strategic objectives set forth by the previous emperor of the Winter Empire when it was built.

At the same time, the Winter Defense Line proved to the world that it wasn't that it was incapable, but rather that the Winter Empire was too weak and failed to fully demonstrate the strength of the defense line.

The world was in an uproar.

No one expected that the Red Heart Society, which controlled half of the Federation, could single-handedly withstand the fierce attacks of four major powers.

Such terrifying military power has shocked countries around the world.

Only the Peacock Empire, after learning of the Red Heart Society's terrifying combat strength, quietly changed the situation from one Peacock Empire soldier fighting six Red Heart soldiers to one soldier fighting three.

This news once again shocked the world.

Is the Peacock Empire really that powerful?

Although they didn't know the true strength of the Peacock Empire's soldiers, they were familiar with the Red Heart Army.

[It can be said that among all the land forces, the valiant and skilled Red Heart Army will definitely be remembered in history.]

Even under such circumstances, the Mauryan Empire still dared to claim it could take on three opponents at once.

Such confidence!

Perhaps once the Mauryan Empire reveals all its cards, it will be enough to move the world.

In April of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the war between the Allied Forces and the Red Heart Society unsurprisingly reached a stalemate.

In this situation, the intervention of any external force could potentially alter the course of events.

In May of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, a delegation from the Peacock Empire visited the Red Heart Society once again.

When they presented the same conditions as before, Wang Meng slammed his fist on the table and told them to get lost.

The higher-ups of the Red Heart Society can deduce many reasons from your and Lin Xue's contemptuous attitude towards the Peacock Empire.

Most importantly, this Peacock Empire might be a lively and comical entity.

[He has no real ability, but loves to brag.]

Therefore, Wang Meng showed absolutely no mercy to the Peacock Empire, which wanted to take advantage of his misfortune.

In June of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the enraged Peacock Empire dispatched a million-strong expeditionary force to declare war on the Red Heart Society.

The intervention of the Peacock Empire greatly excited the Anti-Red Alliance.

The Qin family, in particular, cheered and applauded Wang Meng's outburst against the Peacock Empire.

The Federal Office stated that Wang Meng is a hero of the Federation!

Even if Chi Xin is completely wiped out, they will spare Wang Meng's life and protect him as a hero.

[You saw through the Federal Office's intentions at a glance; they wanted to use you to get rid of Wang Meng.]

[But Wang Meng's actions were permitted by you, so why are you angry with him?]

Since the Peacock Empire has sent troops, then let them come!

[Are you also curious to see just how powerful the Peacock Empire, which was wiped out by a massive abyssal demonic tide, truly is?]

In July of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Peacock Empire and the Red Heart Society officially went to war.

[The very first battle shocked the entire world.]

[The Peacock Empire's 200,000-strong vanguard launched an encirclement campaign against the 50,000-strong Red Heart Army, but ultimately the Peacock Empire's forces were completely annihilated by the 50,000 Red Heart Army soldiers.]

[Among these events, there were numerous glorious instances of a dozen or so Red Heart Army soldiers chasing after several thousand soldiers from the Peacock Empire's vanguard.]

No one knows why the soldiers of the Mauryan Empire fled when they could have easily counterattacked by simply turning around, or even overwhelmed the enemy with their own lives.

In August of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Peacock Empire shocked the world for the second time.

Wang Meng led five guard regiments, with a force of 100,000, to overwhelmingly crush the Peacock Empire's million-strong expeditionary army.

According to Wang Meng, his original intention was to drive the Peacock Empire's expeditionary force to the ambush site, but he didn't expect the Peacock Empire's soldiers to be so easily defeated.

That seemingly intimidating battle formation, with its almost non-disorganized ranks, crumbled at the first touch.

The world was utterly baffled by the Mauryan Empire's actions.

During a high-level meeting of the allied forces to discuss issues related to the Mauryan Empire, they exchanged bewildered glances and remained silent.

Is the Peacock Empire trying to be funny?

With such strength, they couldn't even withstand a single charge from the Red Heart Army, and a thousand soldiers were captured by a single company under the Red Heart Army's command.

How can someone have the nerve to brag to the world under such circumstances?

Is it that they're genuinely not worried about being attacked by other countries, or do they have other advantages?

[Or perhaps, this million-strong expeditionary force was merely a pie in the sky offered by the Peacock Empire to the Red Heart Society, but the Peacock Empire didn't expect the Red Heart Society to fall for it so easily!]

Regardless, the defeat of the Mauryan Empire was inevitable.

This event greatly boosted the morale of the Red Heart Society, but also dealt a significant blow to the morale of the Allied Forces.

The Emperor of the White Eagle Empire, keenly aware of the Peacock Empire's weakness from this incident, urgently convened Parliament and decided to mobilize domestic military forces to launch a war against the Peacock Empire.

The Red Heart Society is too inflexible!

Instead of wasting time fighting the Red Heart Society, why not fight the Peacock Empire?

Faced with their emperor's words, the aristocratic families of the White Eagle Empire all fell silent.

(End of this chapter)