Chapter 1526 Emperor Patton
Charlie's surrender was just a small episode for Bai Tu. As far as the current situation was concerned, it was not even the icing on the cake for their Great Zhou Fleet.
How much of a role it can play remains to be seen.
After simply dealing with Charlie's problem, Bai Tu's life remained stable in the following days.
He now seemed to have returned to the period before the war, where every day, apart from military training, he spent his time practicing.
During this period, with the presence of a saint-level wizard like Bo Levin, Bai Tu often asked him for advice on cultivation issues.
Although Bo Levin was seriously unfavorable when it came to mantras and only specialized in 'telekinesis', his own level of cultivation at the Saint Realm was there, so it was more than enough for him to guide Bai Tu, who was only at the Transcendent Realm.
With the guidance of Bo Levin, although Bai Tu failed to break through one star level in a short period of time, his recent improvement has been quite significant.
At this rate, if he practices hard for another year or two, he will have the hope of reaching the Bronze Four Star level in the Extraordinary Realm.
Just like this, on the tropical island, Bai Tu and his companions have had a stable and fulfilling life recently. During this period, things in the Patton Empire have been in chaos.
After all, a few months ago, after the battle in the North Sea, the Governor of the North Sea took the remaining forces of the North Sea Fleet, together with the East Sea Fleet and the West Sea Fleet that came to support, and never returned.
This whole thing involved nearly half of the border defense forces of their Badon Empire. It was a real big event! As soon as the news reached the capital, Emperor Badon could no longer sit still.
"Go and ask the marshal to come over!"
It's not scary to have a fight, what's scary is that nearly half of their combat power is missing for no apparent reason! Affected by this news, Emperor Barton has been unable to sleep or eat recently.
After receiving the summons from the Emperor, Hans Blazer, the Imperial Navy Marshal, arrived quickly.
As a powerful warrior at the Vajra Realm level, he is nearly a hundred years old, but now he looks no different from a middle-aged man.
His stern square face was full of seriousness and majesty without even getting angry, and his big blond hair was combed neatly back behind his head.
The history of the Patton Empire is not long, and it has only experienced three generations of emperors.
Hans joined the army at the age of fourteen. At that time, the founding emperor Patton I was still in power. There were many countries in the sea and conflicts were constant.
In a great battle, Patton I was killed by a stray arrow at the age of 43.
Later, Patton II succeeded to the throne. After experiencing the death of Patton I, the Patton royal family learned their lesson and would no longer take risks.
But Patton II was in much worse health than his father. He was frail and sickly and died at the age of 31. He was younger than Patton I when he died, and his total reign was less than ten years.
However, his only son, Patton III, the current emperor, is a long-lived man. He is now 65 years old and has been in power for longer than the total of the previous two emperors.
Hans, who joined the army at the age of fourteen, managed to become a veteran of the Patton Empire for three dynasties.
"I greet your majesty!"
There was no grand ceremony. Facing Patton III sitting on the throne, Hans simply bowed, appearing very casual.
There was no sign of anything unusual on Patton III's chubby face about this situation, as if he didn't care at all. Instead, he quickly gestured to Hans to take a seat.
"Marshal, do you know what happened in the North Sea?!"
Looking at Patton III, who was deeply uneasy after receiving the news, Hans nodded.
“I’ve heard a little bit.”
"Marshal, what should we do? There is no news from the Governor of the North Sea, the North Sea Fleet, and the support fleets sent from the East Sea and the West Sea..."
Just by saying this, Patton III was already sweating profusely. His round face was full of anxiety, and he even looked a little at a loss. How could he look like an emperor of the empire?
But Hans was not surprised at all by Patton III's appearance. It was obvious that he had known about it for a long time.
As the longest-reigning emperor after the founding emperor, in the eyes of the people of the Patton Empire, Patton III's achievements even surpassed those of Patton I.
The Patton Empire was founded by the first generation, but it was the third generation that completed the annexation of the archipelago countries, truly pushing Patton to the height of an 'empire'!
However, in the process, Patton III actually did nothing.
The only thing he did was to reuse Hans Blazer.
The Blazer family was not originally powerful among the noble families, and even before Hans, it had little presence.
But as the current patriarch, Hans is undoubtedly a dazzling presence.
He had already shown his talent in the first generation, and in the second generation, he had already gained a certain amount of military power thanks to his military achievements.
During the III dynasty, he was highly valued and directly commanded the Patton Fleet to annex neighboring countries. He was named governor for his military exploits. After that, he unified the archipelago countries and was directly named the Marshal of the Imperial Navy!
Mediocre talents, timid temperament, no ambition, no aspirations, no opinions, and only wanting to live a life of idleness and wait for death. These adjectives, if applied to any emperor, would be derogatory words, and could even be a disaster for his subjects and citizens.
But in Hans's opinion, these are all the advantages of Patton III.
Because it is precisely such a Patton III that can completely delegate power to him, allowing him to lead the Patton fleet to fight everywhere, unify the archipelago countries, and establish great achievements!
“No need to panic.”
Looking at Patton III who seemed a little overwhelmed, Hans raised his hand.
"Your Majesty, please call a meeting and let me lead the Royal Fleet to go on the expedition! After that, we will draw two naval formations from the South China Sea, and one formation each from the East China Sea and the West China Sea to ensure that everything goes well!"
"Okay, Marshal, don't worry, I'll call a meeting right away."
Although Hans has reached a high position in terms of status and position, and Patton III has no opinion of his own, normally he should be a powerful official.
But the fact is not so. The situation in the Patton Empire is far from as simple as it seems.
Within the empire, the aristocracy is very powerful and controls a large amount of domestic resources and voice.
Behind each of the four governors stands one or more noble families.
He had a great affinity with the Governor of the North Sea, which made the relationship between the two sides close, but his relationship with the aristocratic families represented by the other three governors was average, and some of them were even very bad.
Invisibly, a state of mutual checks and balances was formed with the imperial royal family, the governors-general of the four seas and him, the naval marshal, as the camps.
In the current situation, the scale of a royal fleet alone is undoubtedly not enough, and if he wants to mobilize other fleets, he must reach a consensus with the nobles of all parties. Otherwise, even if he is the marshal of the imperial navy, it will still be useless.
At this time, the best way is to let Patton III come forward.
But the important thing is not Patton III, but the royal wizard Jabbar who stood behind Patton III and lived from the time of Patton II to the present! (End of this chapter)
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