The king has decreed that his daughter be crowned princess with all rights and privilege be bestowed upon her with no restraint. Futhermore all of my current adivisers and minister must swear their fealty to her in case of my death while his brother who is currently inciting rebellion right now will be punished by death.
Well the content is like that as far as i have understand it. With the Kings decree I was appointed regent and for as my father was still in his death bed i was also assigned as regent at the same time.
With the powers granted upon me i Immediately ordered the defense of the city. With only 2000 troops here in the capital right now I must use every resources prossible that I can use. With the ministers approval I immediately ordered a draft of all abled bodied men to participate in the defense of the city.
With the conscription drafted the populace was thrown into panic immediately. While some men stood their ground and registered to the defense of their home.
We have conscripted a total of 8000 men adding it to our current 2000 we have an over all 10000 men. But due to the conscripts being undiscipline and untrained the battles conclusion will not be decided so easily.
In front of all the military and civil officials I gathered all of the conscripted soldiers including the nonfighting civilians to assure them of their safety...
Huánghòu: Listen, I ask of you to listen. At this moment my traitorous brother has surrounded the capital with his troops after attempting to murder our sovereign. This act of treason will not go unpunished! The heavens favor our cause. Our ancestors watch over us, make them proud! If some of your are fearing the enemies blades then try to think of who is behind you, who are you protecting! Fear is a natural instinct for us so it acceptable to feel fear, BUT! Do not let that fear rule you! Do not let that fear be the reason for your love ones to be killed because of your cowardice! I the appointed regent of our Sovereign will fight with you! For the kingdom! For our families! And for our future! Fight until you can fight no more! Your deeds today will be told for future generations and those who will sacrificed their lives for the country I will assure you oh brave souls that your descendants future will live a prosperous life! So do not fear death and fight to the death!
Soldiers!: HOOOAAH!!!!
Huánghòu: MAN THE DEFENCES!
I was stunned at the result of my speech. I even saw some of our minister having bloodshot eyes while some of the military generals present have an aura of pride to their regent. I was slightly embarassed at what i have done. I was just a simple researcher in my previous life, i never went to the center stage, I just lived a low life but now. I am shouldering the future of my country. And for that I will protect it with everything I have...
Luckily the capital has a lot of stored weapons, so we had the chance to outfit the conscripted civilians with the best armor we have left while the others were outfitted with lighter armor. Each of them had a sword a spear and bows with enough arrows. Even after all that many equipments are still available.
The regular 2000 soldiers were placed behind the walls, and by the looks of it my brother positioned his men to the north and south gates. So we divided the regular troops into 2 reserve strike force while the conscripted civilians will be the bulk of the defence.
It may be cruel because with this composition we know that a lot of those civilians will die but for the future of our kingdom i will gladly pay the price. Oh my dear followers please forgive this regent for ordering you to your deaths.
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Messenger: Crown princess! the enemy has 2 siege towers prepared at the northern wall we await your orders!
Huánghòu: Tell the men to change to bow weapons and light their arrows on fire. concentrate on the enemy siege towers.
Messenger: As you will you highness...
Military advisor: Crown Princess about the Black powder you asked for we only got a barrel of them left! What should we do to it?
Huánghòu: Put it into smaller barrels then wait for my orders on when to use it. Preferrably put it into the northern wall. but put it were it wont catch fire get it?
Military Advisor: It will be down Crown princess
Huánghòu: Where are the generals?
Generals: We are here and ready to take your orders Crown Princess
Huánghòu: There's only two of you?
Gen. Sun Liao: Yes Crown Princess
Gen. Yuan Chong: The others are fighting the other kingdom crown princess
Huánghòu: Then I will let Gen. Sun Liao Hold the Northern wall while you Gen. Yuan Chong hold the southern wall
Gen. Sun Liao: What about you crown princess?
Huánghòu: I will take command of the logistics. Its better to leave the commanding to experienced men rather than those who do not so I decided to appoint you two as the commanding generals of your respective walls. So in my position as the Crown Princess and the current regent of our sovereign I order you two to defend the walls no matter the cost and capture my brother but if you think it is not possible to catch him harmed or unharmed then I grant you the permission to kill him then and there.
Generals: We have received your Crown Pricess orders and execute it to the best of our abilities!
Court Eunuch: Crown Princess, your father has fallen to the state of unconsciousness i dont think he will last more than a day. It would even be a miracle if he will last until tomorrow even.
Huánghòu: Then why are you here for?
Court Eunuch: Uhhh....
Huánghòu: What is it! SPIT IT OUT! I promise you I won't punish you for your words.
Court Eunuch: As you wil Crown Prince I will just say what I thought... Maybe we should just end his highness suffering my Crown Prince. With the current situation of the Kingdom we need someone who can lead right now and your father clearly cannot do that on his sickbed. Worse is that with his current state it's destroying the cities morale to the point that the populace is thinking that this is heavens retibution or something. With the assasination of our ruler, the infighting in the court, and the coup led by your brother they are thinking that heaven is not on our side so... I propose that we end his highness suffering put you into the sit of the sovereign to better assure the populace.
Huánghòu: Eunuch I know your just saying this things for the sake of the kingdom but... I cannot, as an incoming ruler and a civilized person I will not kill my father for any reasons because I think that I will lose a part of me.., A part of me that makes me human. Just imagine your ruler killed his own father to grab his power... how would the people think of that, I will be labeled as a monster no matter how I reason my actions.
Court Eunuch 2: CROWN PRINCESS!!!!!
Huánghòu: What?! Why are you screaming right now?
Court Eunuch 2: His majesty! His majesty stabbed himself!
Huánghòu: WHAT!
Court Eunuch 2: He left a message for you Crown Princess. After you met him he gave me a letter ordering me to only give it to you if something wrong happens to him so please take this Crown Prince...
Huánghòu: Hmm.... I order everyone right now that whoever knows what happened to the sovereign just recently must not divulge the matter of his death for now. Those who disobey will be granted death no exceptions!
Everyone: We obey your will Crown Princess..
Huánghòu: Now give me that letter...
Court Eunuch 2: Here your highness...
To my daughter:
I know that you wont end my suffeing thats why I wrote this in advance... If you get this then I may have already killed myself. sorry for being selfish my daughter but our kingdom needs a strong ruler now more than ever. Thats why I left you this message... to say to you that I am proud of you and I love you and also for forgiveness on leaving you a big mess before I leave. With this I officially announce that you will be the next ruler of our kingdom. Leading it to a brighter future is your choice but always remember. We rulers are considered rulers because we have the obligation of not to rule the people but to serve them protect them and lead them to a prosperous life. I hope you accomplish that my daughter... Goodbye....