The performance of the Royal Army sent his blood pressure through the roof. He'd thought that the military dunces were slow to react and sluggish in action because their command layer had been swept away, leaving them without command and communication capabilities. They had shown no sign of any significant action from the start of the coup. Turns out, they had been in cahoots with the Crown Prince all along, happily sacrificing a host of their own high-ranking officials as a gesture of allegiance and gleefully waiting to swoop in for the spoils at the end.