Law of the Devil

Chapter 219 [Provocation]

Although the cold wind has repeatedly delayed the pace of spring, spring is still coming.

After March, the entire northwest began to get busy.

In the hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, from the Nurin province in the east, to the northwest corridor in the west, to the Kilimaro Mountains in the north and Loulan Lake in the south. The army of the brigade team was opened and assigned to each of the pre-set performance venues.

This is the spring exercise of the army throughout the empire, as stipulated by the Roland Empire Decree.

The Roland empire was opened to the martial arts. A thousand years ago, the Aragonese emperor rose to the top of the mainland with a stunned appearance. The East levied the West and the South levied the North War. This brought the whole continent's territory into one, and established a Such a huge empire. Since the beginning of the Aragonese emperor, he has set up such an iron law!

In order to ensure that the empire's army will not be ruined because of the longevity of peace, the empire's army will conduct a spring exercise every spring.

Such a performance was strictly enforced in the Aragonese era.

Although later generations, with the end of the Aragonese era, the empire of the later generations was too long to gradually ruin the iron law, and even there was a history of the imperial army that had not been performed for more than a decade, and the military discipline was ruined. But later, with the current change of the Augustine dynasty, the iron law of the Aragonese emperor was once again strictly enforced.

After all, the current Augustine dynasty was established for only two hundred years, and there have been some regional small-scale wars during the period, which made the empire's army a certain vigilance, without excessive slack.

Especially thanks to the current Emperor Augustine VI. Although this guy is considered to be a great tyrant, he has paid unprecedented attention to the fighting and training of the army, at least during his term of office. Especially in the years since Augustine VI's reign, the Imperial Army has been performing every year, and it has hardly broken.

Although Augustine VI did a lot of ridiculous things during his reign, and the emperor was not too wise, the Northwest War was a futile effort. The Nanyang expedition is greater than the harvest.

But it is undeniable that, thanks to the existence of the emperor, the current average combat power of the empire's army is the best that the Roland Empire has maintained for more than a hundred years.

Together with the spring breeze, the army is open.

The two northwestern provinces, in the division of the theater, naturally belong to the site of the Northwest Army. Although the Northwest Army has secretly opposed the Central Chamber, the audience did not listen to the announcement. But this annual spring exercise has never been abandoned.

What's more, this annual spring performance, for the Northwest Army, is also a show of their own strength. A little deterrence against the Imperial Central, showing a tough stance as a political bargaining chip. Therefore, every spring exercise, the Northwest Army is spared no effort to implement. The troops with strict training and the strongest combat power were mobilized and swayed in the northwestern land.

Of course, at the same time, we will not forget to be vigilant against the imperial emperor’s central government.

It is worth pondering that the annual spring performance is for the central part of the imperial capital. It is a place of special concern!

The 200,000-strong military mobilization and still not listening to the 200,000-strong army that they control, so frequently mobilized, let the empire central, how is the heart not nervous? !

Every spring, the empire's King City Guards Corps will mobilize tens of thousands of elite troops all the way to the west, stationed on the upper reaches of the canal, and the soldiers will face the northwest. Be nervous. In order to prevent the Northwest Army Rebellion from rebelling, what is really a big rebellious move.

And the Northwest Army. The same is true. At the same time of their annual performances, the two most elite two cavalry divisions of the Northwest Army Corps will drive all the way to the eastern border of the Nurin Province. It is nominally a long-distance zipper, but in fact, it is also vigilant. Confronted with the central Wangcheng Guards, in case the empire took the opportunity to mobilize the army into the northwest.

For the Northwest Army, every year in the spring, although it is necessary to always guard against the Imperial City’s Central City Guards, it is somewhat unreliable. However, over the years, the central government has been unable to take care of the northwest, and has not slammed its hearts to fight a civil war and completely eradicate the problems in the northwest.

Over the years, the main war faction and the compromise party in the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army have fought and fought, and they have quarreled and noisy. The hard-line warlords are often the young generals of the empire. They advocate the use of force to conquer the sovereignty of the northwest, completely solve the status quo of the warlords of the Northwest Army, and maintain the central government's centralized rule.

The compromises, although people hate, but these compromises are not the kind of cartilage heads that are imagined. On the contrary, these people are not dedicated to the private, and most of them are true people who worry about the country and the people. Every time they argue with the main war, they can also produce a lot of military expenditures on the Empire. The analysis of the national strength, speaking in reality, the current power of the empire is declining, and it is impossible to fight a civil war. If it is forced to go to war, even if it wins the civil war, it will make the imperial national strength badly hurt! With the consequent bad results, under analysis, two situations may occur:

First, the empire reluctantly conquered the northwest and solved the Northwest Army. But the grassland interracial sinisters: Imagine that there is no northwestern regiment guarding the northwest, and after the civil war, the empire with great military power, from where did so many troops deal with the prairie wolf with hundreds of thousands of elite iron riders?

Second, even if the northwestern interracial people do not sneak in... Then, imagine that if the empire wants to fight civil war, where to mobilize the army to fight the Northwest Army? The closest choice to the northwest is naturally the Wangcheng Guards. The Wangcheng Guards Corps, the relative legion of the Aragonese founding era, the most brilliant "thorn flower army", from the equipment, combat power, military strength, can compete with the Northwest Army ... ... the problem is, if after the war Even if the Northwest Army is solved, if the loss of the Wangcheng Guards Corps is too large, it will be a big injury... Then the direct military force in the hands of the Imperial Central is too weak... It is difficult to protect the northern army of the frozen forest in the north. There is also the Southern Army, or other powerful lords who are powerful in the empire, will not be ambivalent!

Under the guns, the political power, the truth, although the Roland continent is a different world, but the people here also know!

If, because of the civil war, the resulting central government is weak, the local situation is strong... then once it is in chaos. If you want to calm down, it is not an easy task!

For this reason, the empire will separate the warlords of the Northwest Army, and will appease them again and again. The northwestern army can not make it big.

For the Northwest Army, this annual spring performance has a great advantage:

money! grain!

Imperial Iron Law, an annual spring performance. The required military expenditure is directly distributed by the Imperial Army. Weapons, horses, and food are all supplied by the local government. The Imperial Army will compensate the local government with financial allocations.

In the northwest, this situation has made the Northwest Army even cheaper: the **** wartime order allowed the Northwest Army to intervene in local government affairs more than 20 years ago. In the annual spring exercise, the local government must also pay an additional military fee. In particular, the grain and grass, the army of the Northwest Army, in the name of the exercise, so many troops pulled out and ran back and forth in the northwestern provinces. Every time they went, they went directly to the local government to ask for money. If you don’t give it, it’s defying Imperial military order.

The Governor of Bohan has been in the northwest for many years and has been very troubled by this situation. However, this guy also made a knock on the door. Two months before the annual spring performance. He will order all the warehouses in various places to be evacuated, leaving only a small amount of grain and materials. It is not necessary for the northwestern military to play the ground, the batch of locusts crossing the border, it is really not a grass.

Over the years, a rob, a possession, every year in the northwest stage a good play hide-and-seek.

However, Du Wei broke this convention this year!

The sun at noon rose to the top of the head. Under the blue sky and white clouds. Loulan City, the guards on this miracle city have been waiting.

Starting yesterday. The Duke issued the order to restrict entry and exit of the city gate, especially today, closing the city gate and strictly prohibiting anyone from going out to Lancheng. Even the caravans of the South and North Kings, who had early winds, simply chose to detour, bypassing Loulan City, and went to some small villages and towns on the shore of Loulan Lake to replenish fresh water and food, and then move on.

Some people who did not want to detour, also temporarily ran to the villages and towns near Loulan City for temporary residence.

When there was a dark shadow on the horizon, the dense iron hooves seemed to be in the ground under the clear sky, and the squadrons were in the hearts of the guards!

The Northwest Wilderness, with a flat terrain, is most suitable for cavalry impact. At this moment, on the horizon, a line of black pressure is like a wave, and it looks like a black cloud. Looking at it, I saw a black cavalry, galloping, horseshoes like thunder, dusty days!

While standing in the city, some experienced veterans can identify each other's situation by means of dust.

Such a large cavalry, less than 20,000 people, and in the Mercedes-Benz, the queue is not chaotic, but it is a queue of geese band, posing a posture of undisguised attack, coming to Loulan City!

The dust of the sky almost obscured the sky.

Most of the guards standing on the wall of Loulan City were dominated by the elite veterans of the four thousand rebels under Du Wei’s conquest. These predecessors were the elite Guards of the Imperial City of the Imperial City. Looking at the cavalry from the Mercedes-Benz, they could not help but change slightly!

The wind is raging, and the momentum is like thunder!

Almost for a moment, the large number of cavalry had already rushed to the city. With a horn, the cavalry in the Mercedes immediately changed, stopping at about one point below the city, but it was a black pressure.

The cavalry immediately was wearing the standard armor of the Imperial Northwest Army, except that everyone's armor was painted with a black ink on a unique symbol of the Northwest Army.

From the banner, the two thousand cavalry came from the establishment of a complete cavalry division. The anger of the guards on Loulan City is that although they stopped under the city, they brazenly put up a posture of attack!

The horn of the northwestern cavalry array kept on, and then saw the flag rolling, and several thousand people were immediately separated from the two wings, but they ran around. It is clear that according to the battle column, the trend of the siege!

Someone quickly reported to the Duke's House. Du Wei listened to the report and did not reveal any words. He just said a little "know."

In fact, the anger in Du Wei’s heart is also forced to be suppressed.

As early as three days ago, the Northwest Army sent people to announce Du Wei: This year's spring performance, the military of the Northwest Army decided to choose an area near the lakeside outside Loulan City for exercises. When the decision was sent to Du Wei, the other party claimed that the army had been opened and arrived three days later!

Such a move allowed Du Wei to turn his face almost on the spot, but he was patient and patient.

Why?

Coming in three days?

In other words, when the other party’s messenger came to report, the army had already set off!

This so-called messenger is even more a scorpion! The army of the people has already set off, just to tell you a fake! You promised to promise, don't agree, and you have to promise! !

At this moment, Du Wei listened to the report and immediately ordered the dressing to go out. He hesitated for a moment, did not wear any of the Duke’s noble costumes, nor did he wear the magician’s robes, but chose a set of armor. This armor was also produced by Du Wei in the shop of the Imperial Capital. It can be regarded as the same as the original set of Ruolin, and the effect of the exhibition has also been improved.

Du Wei was originally slender and slender. When he was young, his body was weak. After practicing the martial arts, he got a lot of improvement. In the northwest year, he gradually got taller and straighter, although his face was slightly slightly The childishness of young people is also limited by age. However, the prestige between the manners is stronger than one day.

At this moment, this specially built armor is worn on the body, and it looks like a heroic bang. In the hands of the players, it is quite a bit of a youth general.

Du Wei ordered, with all the guards plus the elders of the guards, immediately went out of the Duke's House and went to the city gate.