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Chapter 325, New King's Council

Without a leader, and under the circumstances that they would be beaten if they tried to unite, the remaining millions of troops in the Kingdom of Stefano were broken into warlords of all sizes.

The largest force assembled, once reaching 40 people, accepted the invitation of the Kingdom of Pampos and headed to the area near the border in an attempt to conduct a major retreat.

But this retreat was prevented.

While crossing the river, the ferry boat and the troops waiting to cross the river were attacked by fierce air attacks from the Falcon; the responding troops on the other side were airborne attacks by special operations elites and were forced to evacuate.

Immediately afterwards, Stefano's remnant army, which lacked supplies and lost hope, finally had no choice but to surrender completely during the attack of multiple armored brigades accompanying the infantry divisions.

After that, only a small part of the alliance's army remained, leading the royal army mobilized from the Luman Kingdom and the surrender troops selected from Stefano's prisoner of war camp to form a defense force to ensure the defense of the capital and surrounding areas. area, as well as the maintenance of logistical supply lines.

The rest of the troops gathered together again and headed towards Pampos, the largest kingdom on the Black Arrow Star next door.

At this time, the political turmoil caused by the horrific record of the Stefano Kingdom being wiped out in just 47 days since the beginning of the war has spread throughout the world.

The King's Council was extremely frightened, and even shouted in despair, "The Angry Stars will rule the world";

Some kingdoms have taken more practical actions.

In fact, Queen Ispsy was not the only one inside the Pinser Palace at this moment.

Thirteen countries either had their monarchs come or sent ceremonious ambassadors here.

These are basically small countries. Among the seven most important kingdoms on Black Arrow, only Luman and Stefano are present.

At the same time, the other five most important powers in the King's Council, which had originally severed diplomatic relations with the Luman Kingdom, also sent diplomats.

This is exactly what Gu Hang has been busy with during this time.

After he signed the last document, he finally raised his head, looked at the Queen of the Iron Curtain, and said:

"sorry to keep you waiting."

"You must listen carefully to what I say next."

"There is no room for bargaining. This is a unilateral announcement. You can only choose to agree or not to agree."

Espressi took a deep breath: "I understand, please tell me."

What the Governor is going to say next is related to the fate of her country.Although she couldn't change anything about it and could only passively accept the judgment of fate, she was still extremely solemn.

"First, all kingdoms will be preserved."

Gu Hang's first words made Ispsy breathe a sigh of relief.

This is the biggest existential question.

What she fears most is that this governor is determined to exterminate the Stefano Kingdom.

Although she rationally judged that the probability of this happening was actually very low, but as long as it happened, the Stefano Kingdom would now be defenseless.

Gu Hang could see Espressi's expression completely.

He also sighed slightly in his heart.

If he could, why wouldn't he want to directly implement the alliance's management system on Black Arrow Star and fully replicate the alliance's government here to ensure a highly centralized government with strong control over local civil affairs, industry, and military? , can it be established on Black Arrow Star?

But that's not realistic.

The reason why Gu Hang was able to build such a system from scratch in the Raging Star is because he really spent two and a half years from head to toe to overthrow almost all the original ruling classes on the Raging Star. Lost.

It sounds like an exaggeration, but it's not.

It is true that the Raging Star is an entire planet, but with a population of 500 million, the scale is not as large as imagined; secondly, in the wasteland environment of the Raging Star, the original ruling class is also quite large. is fragile and is not difficult to destroy.

But it's different on Black Arrow Star.

This is a complete feudal society with a deep-rooted ruling class. If you want to completely eliminate it, Gu Hang will face too much resistance.If he had enough power to arrest and hang all the nobles, that would be an option, but he didn't.

After his management over the years, the productivity of the Raging Owl Star is indeed much more developed than the feudal world of the Black Arrow Star, but the problem of insufficient population and short development time is an objective reality.With a population of 500 million, the Black Arrow Star with a population of [-] million is really an act of a snake swallowing an elephant.

It's not that you can't swallow it, but it's unrealistic to expect it to be digested immediately.

It is no longer easy to clean up the local ruling class. For example, although the Kingdom of Stefano has been destroyed, 20 people were captured in the royal city, and 40 people were captured during the evacuation at the border, but it was broken into pieces. The aristocratic warlords and landlord warlords all over the land pose no threat at all. But if you want to clean them up, you have to separate your troops and attack them one by one for many years.

But there are threats from other kingdoms, so where does Gu Hang have the time to attack them?

Not to mention, once you finish chewing, the real trouble will be in the aftermath.

In order to build a set of subsequent efficient administrative systems, a large number of loyal and reliable administrative personnel are needed.This is somewhat difficult in the Alliance itself, and Zhongsi Academy needs to step up its efforts to combat corruption, let alone on the Black Arrow planet.

Considering various factors, Gu Hang decided to adopt the strategy of eating first and digesting later.

In fact, he also adopted this strategy when he first conquered the Qinggu region and the eastern provinces on Raging Owl, and had to temporarily leave behind a large number of the original ruling class, not to mention the alien planet. On.

On this basis, Gu Hang had to give the original kings and nobles a glimmer of hope and let them feel that the alliance was not trying to drive them all away.If not, he would definitely encounter the strongest resistance.

After making it clear to retain the kingdom, Gu Hang made it clear again.

"As long as the nobles everywhere act in accordance with the alliance's decrees, the alliance will fully respect your rights."

This is the second guarantee given by Gu Hang.

At the same time, he also gave preferential conditions:

"The alliance, as well as the Gu family, will continue to provide various assistance to Black Arrow Star and help gradually establish a more modern agricultural production and industrial system on Black Arrow Star's homeland."

If it were a decadent feudal emperor, he might not be interested in this so-called support, but Ispsy was not.

She even felt a sense of joy.

In the past, Black Arrow Star did not lack insightful people who wanted to make some changes.However, firstly, the conservative forces within the planet are too stubborn, and secondly, it is also difficult to import production lines from the outside. If you want to obtain the equipment and technology needed for industrial upgrading through Gu's Trading Company, the price is too high.

Now, it seems that both problems can be solved.

Governor Gu has greatly eliminated the stubborn conservative forces in the past, and the latter's technical assistance sounds like it is even free.This time, Ispsy looked a little unbelievable.

Gu Hang said: "The Alliance will not simply regard the Black Arrow Star as being ruled. Instead of harvesting [-] million slaves, I hope that the Alliance can increase its citizens by [-] million. I hope that the kingdoms of the Black Arrow Star can To truly be part of the league."

Everyone can say nice things, but Yisi Puxi heard a hint of sincerity in Governor Gu's words.

She felt that Gu Hang really thought so.

It was a bittersweet experience for her.

Happily, her kingdom looks less likely to suffer;

The worry is, after all this is done, will the kingdom still be a kingdom?

She couldn't help but ask: "So... what's the price?"

Gu Hang chuckled and said: "First, each kingdom will have special agencies of the Alliance stationed there. From military to administrative to economic development, the special agencies of the Alliance have the power to directly intervene. Our special agents will do their best to help each kingdom. Kingdom, get on the right track."

"We will establish a new King's Council and invite all major kingdoms to join it. This new King's Council is different from the past and will assume more important responsibilities. The succession of thrones in each country must be approved by the King's Council ; The military forces of each country will be uniformly deployed by the alliance system established by the new King's Parliament. There will also be alliance commissioners in the King's Parliament, and they will be regarded as a part of the alliance government as a whole..."

"On this basis, the King's Council guarantees the survival of each kingdom and the rights of the royal families and nobles. But at the same time, you also need to act in accordance with the rules set by the King's Council."

This set of things sounded very heavy to Espsy.

She could realize the alliance's ambitions, packaged in a series of words that sounded quite benign.

The most important point here is that after participating in this new king's parliament, countries have essentially lost their independent military power.

All military power will be taken away by the alliance.

This so-called New King's Council is obviously just a shell under the control of the Alliance.Parliament, Parliament, what is there to discuss?It's just that the kings sit here, put an ear and listen to what the people in the alliance say.

And if you cannot control your own military power, it is equivalent to holding the knife across your neck in the hands of others. The so-called non-interference in internal affairs is purely nonsense.

People say they won't interfere if they don't want to interfere. What else can you do when you want to interfere?Don't you just have to do what others tell you to do?

As for other things, such as the replacement of the king, which requires parliamentary approval; it becomes natural for each country to station observers and intervene in specific government affairs.The knife is in someone else's hand, can't they just do whatever they want?

She opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to bargain.

But looking at the smile on Gu Hang's face, she suddenly remembered what Governor Gu said just now.

There is no room for bargaining, this is a unilateral announcement.

So how should she choose?

If so, Stefano will be digested into a member of the alliance in the future, and even this name may change from a country to a simple place name.But at least the kingdom can be saved for the time being, and it sounds like the people here will be treated well.

And if you choose no, you will die.

She will die first, but she is not afraid.But what about the follow-up?The alliance has plenty of ways to find a descendant of the Stefano royal family to be the king. The final outcome will not be any different from her choice of 'yes'.

In the end, she could only nod helplessly to show that she understood.

...

The alliance moves very quickly.

This new king's council was convened four days later.

Under the protests of the remaining five major countries of Black Arrow Star, plus diplomats from more than 40 small countries, the new King's Council was proclaimed.

Four countries that came to participate in the new King's Council ultimately chose to refuse to join.

It's okay, it's normal.

Gu Hang will not trouble them for the time being.

The newly elected governor of Black Arrow Star is still Nas Luman, and the member states include Stefano.

The strong performance of Stefano, the second largest country on the planet that had perished in the alliance for more than 40 days, captured the Queen of the Iron Curtain, which indeed caused a big shock.There are also seven small countries that have chosen to join this new king's parliament.

According to the requirements, their army, totaling more than 30 people, will be assembled to form an alliance with the Luman Kingdom's [-] troops, under the leadership of the alliance's commander-in-chief, Major General Perbov, commander of the Black Arrow Star Army.

Moreover, the new King's Council will also establish a new Kingdom of Stefano government with the authorization of Queen Espressi, and require uncontrolled nobles, landowners and warlords everywhere to swear allegiance, otherwise they will be traitors and will be purged.

This part of the work was handed over to the New Allied Forces.

Stefano's new government was composed partly of local nobles who had taken refuge, partly of expatriates from the Luman Kingdom, and partly of alliance officials.They will also make every effort to convert the 60 captured Stefano troops, with the goal of selecting 20 of them to join the new Allied Forces.

Ispsy put a lot of effort into it.

She is the head of state, a queen, and not a virtual monarch. She has been a real ruler in the past ten years.After she defected to the Alliance, she was of great help to the Alliance's operations in the Kingdom of Stefano.

Of course, because of this, the alliance is also wary of her.

Now, she is always under the personal supervision of more than four demon hunters, and the areas she enters and exits must be completely under the military control of the alliance.

If she ran away and was captured by Stefanone's remaining resistance organization, she would be in greater trouble.

Especially now that the alliance's occupying power here is not strong.

At this moment, the number one target of the alliance army is still the Kingdom of Pampos.

The main army has already entered the Kingdom of Pampos.

At this moment, the most powerful country on the Black Arrow Star has gathered more than 200 million troops, more than [-] Sentinel mechas, and twelve Knight Titans.

This is already a military force that the alliance army cannot ignore.

(End of this chapter)