Before the war breaks out and before the reason is corroded by losses, those in power can still stay awake.
If the Crown War had already begun, and the troops and nobles who supported Prince Baze died in large numbers, or even the royal capital army that maintained the crown was destroyed, Prince Baze would definitely continue the war crazily.
But everything has not exploded yet, and Prince Baze can still distinguish what is his most important bargaining chip.
Therefore, he would not and would not dare to devote 20,000 Guards troops to fight against the Knights of Life.
He is also worried that after clearing out the third party forces, he will not have enough power, making the Crown War a choice for the nobles.
"Your Highness, Prince Baze has announced that he will abandon the city of Tours and will no longer prevent the Knights of Life from advancing eastward."
"Coward, Baze is a ridiculous coward. The nobles are looking at me and him, he actually compromised with a local lord.
Today will be a sad day, the bright crown is covered with dust, and the noble royal power has lost its absolute majesty. "
"Baze's compromise has torn away the sanctity of royal power. From now on, the local nobles who are dissatisfied with the royal capital will have the confidence to resist.
Father, this is what you have appointed. The new king? He inherited your kindness, but not your iron blood.
He is a fool. He is unable to lead this country. All he brings to the kingdom is weakness, and I can inject it into this country. Glory. ”
Prince Jos’s political philosophy is different from that of the old king, and he also represents the radical faction of the kingdom.
In his opinion, he cannot compromise with the Gulf Lord under any circumstances. As long as the Gulf Lord enters the royal capital, no matter whether he is alive or dead, his declaration of defense will ring through the kingdom.
What will happen? The heir to the crown will bear the name of lawlessness, and the powerful force of the army will be able to influence the sacred crown.
Of course, these are just the factors of the crown. There is another underlying factor that makes Joss hate the Knights of Life, that is, the Knights of Life is not a force that he can fight for.
Even if the Life Knights control the situation in the royal capital, the one who will really benefit will be Prince Baze, who inherits the old king's political line.
Prince Jos and Prince Baze are in different situations. Prince Baze has much more room for trial and error than Prince Jos.
With the legitimacy of Prince Baze and the political leanings of the Life Knights, they can become implicit allies if they give up their arguments.
The current conflict between Prince Baze and the Knights of Life is more like a fight for political rights. Once one party compromises and admits defeat, the other party will most likely be tolerant and accepting.
This implicit connection is not something that Prince Jos can match. It is the political legacy left by the old king to his successors.
Before the new king is decided, the political legacy of the old king can only be accepted by Prince Baze, who has more legitimacy.
Therefore, the last thing Prince Jos wanted to see was for the old king's vassals to bring troops into the royal capital.
"Your Highness, Baze can tolerate the Knights of Life because the Knights of Life are essentially local armed forces that favor him.
So he failed in the battle for the right to speak. In the end, you can choose to compromise, or even choose to tolerate.
As long as the Gulf Lord Vader does not launch a rebellion, the crown will fall into his hands sooner or later.
"But we cannot give in." Ah, if Prince Baze wins, you will be imprisoned, and your life or death will be uncertain.
If the Knights of Life win, they will also nail you to the pillar of shame of patricide in order to defend the legitimacy of the declaration. , and force you to die to atone for your sins."
At this time, it is no longer important whether the old king died of natural causes or was killed.
The followers of Prince Jos believe that the Knights of Life will choose the outcome that is most beneficial to them.
Under normal circumstances, local nobles cannot endanger the prince's life, but as long as he is charged with patricide, he can obtain the right to trial.
"The Knights of Life marched eastward to the royal capital not for the so-called loyalty, let alone to defend the royal power.
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They want to gain more political influence and control of the kingdom, and on this basis, nothing is more valuable than trying a prince."
"As long as they try any prince. , the sanctity of royal power can be suppressed by the value of loyalty.
In the future, they will have reason to deny all judgments of the kingdom, and even enter the regency of the royal capital in the name of being controlled by the king. ”
The followers’ explanation made Prince Jos discover the dangers of the Knights of Life getting out of control.
When this uncontrolled and powerful military force entered the royal capital eastward, they were not here to defend the royal power. What they wanted was the regency and even the right to coronate the crown.
"The arrogant clown, he wants his god to judge us from a moral level, and he wants his god to control our crown with holiness.
General Chiron, led Your soldiers go to the city of Tours to build a defense line, and no matter what, they cannot let that arrogant clown enter the royal capital."
"I obey, but Prince Jos, after I lead the imperial army to leave, your military advantage will be greater. It is not cost-effective to do so."
"Please rest assured, General Kelon, even if the military advantage is not there, Baze will not be able to defeat me in a fair fight."
In Jos. Under the prince's order, the escort regiment from the Thorne Empire headed for the city of Tours.
This 15,000-strong imperial army is the greatest support that the second prince of the empire, Grand Duke Landu, has for Prince Jos.
Now that this army has left, the pressure on the eldest prince Baze has been greatly reduced.
"Your Highness, why did you dispatch the Imperial Legion to the city of Tours? We clearly have other options."
"There is no other option. Baze compromised. If at this time I still let the nobles of the kingdom fight against the Gulf Lords, , I will become the initiator of the civil war.
Even if the nobles of the royal capital hate the Gulf Lords, they don’t want to see the reports of a large number of local nobles dying in battle.”
“They still don’t want to. Do you think that the Gulf Lord is an arrogant one of our own? If you can't defeat it, you should negotiate well instead of continuing to fight.
The Life Knights have won recognition with their strength. They will win a few more victories, Bu. Li County and the Western Province should openly support them."
As an imperial general, Prince Jos understands the value of victory.
If the Life Knights continue to win, their interests will radiate to the region where they are from, eventually triggering a regional political alliance.
Therefore, he wanted to interrupt this rhythm, even if he pushed the imperial legions in his hands into the battlefield.
"Your Highness, maybe we should consider some options. The Knights of Life prefer Prince Baze because of political inheritance.
If we let Prince Baze carry the burden of patricide, The Knights of Life and the nobles of the royal capital will abandon him. At that time, Baze's bloodline will be guilty, and they can only push you to the throne."
"As for giving them the power of regent, as long as the second prince, Grand Duke Landu, becomes the emperor of the empire in the future, you can still get back all the royal power."
Followers know that Prince Jos did not kill his father, but they I don’t know if Prince Baze is presumptuous.
But none of this matters anymore. As long as you don't do it, you can just throw dirty water on the other party.
The reason why we didn’t do this before was because no one dared to bring up the topic of the king’s death and start a bottomless political struggle.
Things are different now. Since the Life Knights have shouted this slogan, there is no need to pretend not to know.
"Let me think again, I can let the crown be stained with blood, but I cannot accept the crown being stained with the sin of patricide."