The First Tyrant of Daxia

On this day, Flo led his army out of the mountains and plains, with iron hooves like thunder, and marched towards the imperial capital.

The Ptolemaic Dynasty, which had enjoyed peace and tranquility for many years, started a war again. The entire capital area instantly became the focus of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

Fully half of the city defense forces were taken away by Flo. Now that the army was approaching, the people in the royal capital were all in a panic.

"Why the hell is the war about to start?"

"I don't know! Such a large army suddenly arrived!"

"Could it be that Baron Flo wants to seize the throne?"

As the lowest class of people, they are unaware of the undercurrents of the upper nobles and just want to live a stable and peaceful life.

Flo was also very smart. He raised the flag to the outside world on the first day of the expedition.

"Her Royal Highness Princess Isabella is currently being coerced by evil enemies. In order to help Her Royal Highness, this baron has led a large army here, just to protect Her Royal Highness's safety!"

"Don't worry, everyone. We will never kill innocent people, let alone harm the people. We are the most orthodox Ptolemaic soldiers and will strictly abide by military regulations and discipline."

Before the fight even started, Flo took the lead and stood on the moral high ground.

So much so that before the war even started, public opinion in the capital had already begun to favor Flo.

"Princess Isabella was coerced?"

"Have we all misunderstood the Baron? Is he the one who is on the side of justice?"

"It's possible. After all, Princess Isabella is still too young and can be easily deceived!"

Similar conversations could be heard everywhere in the royal capital, and most people tended to believe that what Baron Flo said was true, which made Isabella extremely annoyed.

So she immediately summoned officials and gave a speech outside the palace.

"Flo and Kasim are traitors who intend to seize the royal family. Now they are using insidious means to seize military power and want to forcibly seize the throne."

"People in the capital, don't believe what Flo said..."

The general meaning is that Flo is a despicable, insidious and cunning guy, and everyone should just treat his words as bullshit.

Although Isabella is young, most people in the royal capital are familiar with her because she often left the palace and appeared in front of the public in her early years.

Coupled with her sweet and gentle appearance, it is even more convincing.

For a time, public opinion in the royal capital was divided into two camps.

"Baron Flo is definitely doing this for our own good! He climbed up from the bottom!"

"Hehe, men become bad when they have money. Who knows what he is thinking now!"

"That's right. If you ask me, our princess is the best. She is definitely thinking about us wholeheartedly!"

"Tsk, Your Highness the Princess is the one who really grew up in a honey pot, okay? How could she understand our hardships?"

"I won't let you say that about Her Highness Princess! Her Highness Princess is definitely doing this for our own good!"

Such arguments can be heard everywhere in the streets, and some people even get so angry that they end up fighting in the streets.

A large number of city defense troops were transferred away by Flo, and the remaining people were busy running around the streets to maintain public order, and they were not even able to gather for training for the upcoming battle.

"Having achieved this, Flo has already achieved half of his goal."

In the courtyard, Qin Yun brewed tea and slowly evaluated the current situation.

"Although Flo has the Tibetan Tiger and Mountain Leopard armies, it is still not enough to rely on these two armies to forcibly attack the royal city. Therefore, the first thing he has to do is to suppress the morale of the soldiers in the royal capital."

"That's why he said those words first. His purpose was to stand on the moral high ground. No matter what Isabella said in rebuttal, he could only rely on his own prestige to turn the situation around. But doing so would fall into Flo's trap."

Hearing this, Mu Le frowned and asked in confusion: "Why does your majesty say this?"

Qin Yun is the faith of the entire Daxia. Even though Mu Le does not dare to claim that his military strategy is better than Qin Yun, he can at least say that he is not inferior to His Majesty!

But when it comes to things like throwing dirty water and making dirty comments, Qin Yun's experience is enough to surpass Mu Le by eight streets.

Hearing Mu Le's doubts, Qin Yun smiled faintly and shook his head, "Mu Le, if you were Flo, how would you plan to take over the capital?"

Mu Le's eyes sank slightly, and after a moment of thought, he said slowly: "First try to attack the city. If that fails, lure the enemy out of the city to fight, and while they are out of the city, use the warriors to forcibly break open the city gate."

Qin Yun couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand: "What I just said to you is all in vain... Well, this is indeed in line with your character."

He put down his teacup and said slowly, "Flo is forcing Isabella with public opinion. The army is approaching the city as a threat, and then using public opinion to pressure people. Once Flo really stirs up public opinion in the capital, even if Isabella doesn't want to abdicate, her prestige will drop to the bottom."

"But now that Isabella has accepted the attack, we should be able to turn the tables?" Zhu Rong asked curiously.

Like Mu Le, she is an expert at leading troops, but she is nowhere near Qin Yun in using underhanded tactics.

"It's far from being a victory. At most, it will hinder Flo's plan. At least it will increase Flo's success rate in attacking the city." Qin Yun turned to look at Mu Le, "You should know best how difficult it is to capture a city when the army and the people are united."

Mu Le seemed to recall the difficult sieges in his life, and nodded silently: "Your Majesty is right. If everyone in this city is united, even if I attack, it will take some time."

"Even you need some time, let alone Flo who has hardly fought a battle." Qin Yun smiled faintly, "So he needs to divide people's hearts and reduce Isabella's prestige first, so that the subsequent siege can be smoother."

"It's just a siege, is it necessary to go through so much trouble?" This matter involved Zhu Rong's blind spot in knowledge.

She fought mostly in the wilderness and rarely participated in siege battles.

"It's fine to just attack the city, but what Flo wants to do now is to follow the kingly way. He wants to step on Isabella to ascend to the supreme throne of king. Naturally, he needs to win the hearts of the people. Otherwise, even if he becomes king, he won't be able to sit on the throne safely."

Qin Yun drank the tea in one gulp, put down the cup, turned around and walked into the house.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Flo will start attacking soon. Let's see where they choose to have their first battle."

Hearing this, Mu Le and Zhu Rong looked at each other and quickly followed.

Three days later, the first battle broke out suddenly as Qin Yun had expected. The battle took place in the Tarifanchi Canyon, thirty miles away from the royal capital.

Isabella had been prepared, so although the surprise attack on the canyon was unexpected, it was not as smooth as expected. The battle that should have been resolved quickly turned into a tug-of-war.

The fight between the two sides was extremely brutal. They fought across the canyon and the blood flowed for ten miles!