Chapter 263 I, the leader, must also respect the emperor and punish the traitors
This is Levi's plan.
He planned to cut ties with the Ionian Leader on the surface, but secretly send people to join the Ionian Leader as "military advisers" or "overseas mercenaries" to fight against the invasion of Noxus.
As for the sudden increase in the number of experts among the leaders of Ionia, will Darkwill and the Black Rose behind him discover anything?
They will definitely find out.
But I found it was useless.
Now the Noxian people are tired of war, and the entire army does not want to expand the war.
As long as Zaun maintains a superficial peace and Swain, the Governor of Piltover, relies on his personal prestige to withstand the pressure from his superiors, this war will not break out.
Because even though the whole world knows that Zaun is behind Ionia, the generals of the Empire do not want to go to war with the Leader.
"What if Darkwill forcibly starts a war in Piltover?" Swain asked again.
He recognized Levi's strategy, but he also knew that any strategic plan involved uncontrollable risks.
What a good commander needs to do is to formulate a strategy and then prepare contingency plans in advance for possible risks.
"I can withstand the pressure. My students will keep pace with me. Most of the generals in the empire have long complained about the endless wars."
"If there is no solid excuse for war, then these people will all be dead men that Darkwill cannot command."
"but……"
Darkwill is the emperor after all, and he always has his own trusted regiments that he can command.
Don't you, Swain, want to avoid fighting? Well, I'll send another cannon fodder group over to attack Zaun right away.
By then, you, the Governor of Piltover, will be on the front line of the war. Will you participate in the war and provide support?
"But the possibility of this happening is very low ." Li Wei seemed to have considered this before: "You have mentioned the reason before - the emperor's actions may force you and the generals of the empire to rebel."
Darkwill's perverse actions and repeated wars in the past few years have already caused public outrage and the loss of morale in the army.
If we force the war like this, it will only provoke a strong backlash from the generals.
Therefore, Black Rose probably wouldn't dare to act so recklessly.
“But no matter how small the possibility is, it is still a possibility.” Swain was cautious: “We must consider the risks.”
"What if Darkwill really forces a war with Zaun?"
Swain had a solution for this before.
It could even be said that he had been hoping Darkwill would do this.
You, Darkwill, are going to start a war regardless of the morale of the troops?
Well, then I'll take the Hexgate back to the Immortal Bastion right away and bring the guys to give you a "military remonstrance".
With the help of His Majesty the Emperor in undermining the morale of the army, the military coup he had been preparing for would only proceed more smoothly.
This is what Swain thought before, but now...
"Now that I am the leader, I... no, we must make a new emergency plan for this extreme situation."
Swain had already given up his original coup plan in his heart.
However……
"New plan?" Levi said, "Why a new plan?"
"Just follow the original plan - go back and carry out your coup and bring down Darkwill."
"This..." Swain frowned slightly, and then thought: "Do you want to continue to implement the coup plan?"
"Yes." Li Wei said with a smile: "Haven't you been preparing for your plan for a long time? Now the arrow is on the string but it is not fired. I am afraid that your students who have already boarded the bus will not be able to stay still for long, right?"
That's true.
He had sent out countless secret letters to contact his students and former officials to stage a coup. Many people had already boarded his pirate ship, waiting for the "One-Day Tour of the Immortal Fortress".
The longer the coup was delayed, the more uncertain it would be. If the driver, Swain, delayed the departure of the car, the passengers who had already boarded the car would surely be furious.
“But…” Swain still had some concerns: “I am now the leader. How can I lead a coup to gain benefits for the new nobles?”
He already knew that this level of change was nothing more than a temporary solution, just delaying the death of the empire and was almost meaningless.
Therefore, Swain would rather do it all in one go, give up the coup, and let the Leader bring real change to Noxus directly.
But……
"We can't do it yet," Li Wei said. "We developed too fast before. We need time to lay a solid foundation."
“So what if we can defeat the enemy? What we pursue is never a fight for power, but a transformation of Noxus from the inside out.”
"But Noxus is too big."
"We don't have enough grassroots cadres right now. Let alone building a complete administrative system in Noxus after the war, I'm afraid we can't even have enough manpower for post-war liquidation, or even propaganda and reform work."
"By then, we will have to retain a large number of bureaucrats from the old empire, and once they gain control of this power..."
The post-war liquidation of the nobility and the transformation of the empire could be both a world-changing event and a lucrative job.
In this chaotic situation where the old empire has collapsed and the new regime is unstable, grassroots power can enable people to accomplish many things.
Levi couldn't feel at ease letting those surrendered old imperial bureaucrats do this and handing over such great power to them, even if it was only temporarily.
"So we still need time to build a stronger and more professional team of grassroots cadres."
"We leaders have never lacked victories, but we just lack time to digest the fruits of victory," Levi said confidently.
The fact is that this is indeed the case. The rapid growth of Janna's power has led to the rapid expansion of the Wind Leader's power.
For the leader, enemies never seemed to be a problem. Instead, the limited number of cadres and administrative efficiency had always restricted the pace of the leader's expansion.
However, there is actually some water in Levi's words.
He said the enemy was not the problem, but the overexpansion of the leader was the problem.
But in fact, the enemy this time is also a problem.
Even though the Leader is now blessed by two gods and protected by demons, he seems to have no fear when facing the huge Noxian Empire.
But in fact, the real combat power of the leader is still very limited.
Firstly, because the time was too short, the faith of the Wind Leader had not yet been fully spread in Zaun, and the power of the Goddess Janna was far from recovered to the level of a demigod.
Secondly, Nagakabouros agreed to help the Wind Leader, but she only promised to let the Baru priests come out to assist the Wind Leader.
Only at the "critical moment of life and death of the leader" will He personally come to help .
Because although the Snake Mother is the god of sports, she herself is a complete "otaku".
The reason is very simple:
The Snake Mother is the sport itself. It’s not good to always do the sport by yourself, right?
This is like a person who is extremely hungry and can cut off his own legs to fill his stomach.
You can eat it, but can you gain weight by eating your own meat?
Therefore, Nagakabouros prefers to enlighten the world with faith and indirectly promote the movement of all things, rather than personally taking action in the mortal world like the down-to-earth goddess Janna.
Anyway…
Janna's strength comes from being fat, while Snake Queen is really strong but too lazy to move.
Therefore, the top-level combat power that the Leader can really bring out to fight against the Empire is just Levi, who is backed by a half-baked goddess, and Tam, an ancient demon.
As for Zaun's conventional combat power, which is inferior to theirs, it is not even on the same level as the Noxian Empire.
So, if the Leader were to go to war with the Noxian Empire right now...
It would probably not be long before the leader's true identity was exposed, and he would have to travel thousands of miles from Zaun to Bilgewater to beg Nagakabouros to show up and save his life.
Of course, Levi would not tell Swain these truths.
"In short, we are still far from being able to change the entire Noxus. We still need time to develop."
"Swain, your coup can buy us just enough time."
Isn't Noxus determined to be the enemy of the Leader?
Then I will directly send the Leader to lead the "Respect the Emperor and Punish the Traitor" campaign, and let Swain, the undercover agent, be the commander-in-chief of Noxus.
Even the enemy's number one boss is one of ours, so why should we be afraid of not having time to develop peacefully?
“This…” Swain hesitated.
He could understand Levi's strategic intentions.
“But, do you trust me so much?” Swain asked in a complicated tone.
He is now threatened by a powerful enemy like Leader in front of him and stabbed in the back by a "teammate" like Black Rose, so he can defect to the enemy so easily.
But if his coup was successful, he would not be a down-and-out retired old man, but the supreme commander of the Noxian Empire.
"You support my coup, aren't you afraid that I will use your tricks against you after I take power and become your enemy?"
"No, I believe you." Li Wei smiled. "I believe that after the coup succeeds, you will not only not get lost, but will be able to see more clearly the true faces of your students and former officials, and see the reactionary nature of this incomplete reform."
The opposition party is always right because they only need to oppose and do not need to put into practice.
Levi would be happy to let the new military nobles who were hungry for power come to power and see what they could do. See if they were the National Salvation Alliance or the second generation of insects.
Let’s see if the Empire can really rise again after the Noxian Emperor becomes the Trifarix Council.
Only in this way can Swain and the knowledgeable people in Noxus completely abandon their fantasies about these new military nobles and truly embrace the Leaders and the Janna ideology.
"I believe your faith will not change, and you will not be lost in the power of the empire."
"Because..." The bluebird on Levi's shoulder flapped its wings gently, and a white thread of faith was drawn out from Swain.
Although this line is not as bright as pure leaders like Levi and Victor, it is much brighter than that of ordinary people:
"You are already a leader, Comrade Swain."
