Just hearing this, Du Wei's heart trembled!
reinforcements
The Roland Empire has 200,000 soldiers in the north! The Storm Legion is one of the four main battle legions of the empire. Whether it is excellent equipment or strong combat effectiveness, it is outstanding among the empire's armies! 200,000 strong soldiers were placed at the southern end of the frozen forest. Although it has always been said that it was to prevent monsters in the forest, it was also to prevent smuggling into the forest... In fact, there is another important role, which is to train soldiers!
Only in that kind of difficult environment can a strong soldier be honed.
It's not that Du Wei has never seen the Stormtroopers. When he was first brought into the Frozen Forest by Gandolf in the white robe, he was at the sentry outside the forest and saw with his own eyes the soldiers of the Stormtroopers, naked in such a cold world of ice and snow. Upper body, standing in the snow, grabbing the snow to scrub the body...
Such a scene once left a deep impression on Du Wei.
With such sturdy warriors, the fighting power of the Storm Legion can be seen! On the way out of the Frozen Forest and heading south, General Andre led cavalry to look for him. That mighty and terrifying lineup could indeed be called the first-class strong soldiers of the empire!
Such a powerful Storm Legion... actually...
Are you going to ask for reinforcements
"North, what's the big mess?" Du Wei said in a deep voice, "With the strength of the Storm Legion, it can't be suppressed? Could it be... the Frozen Forest. What..."
General Andre's expression changed. Shaking his head, he said, "My lord, I'm sorry. I have no right to tell you these things. I have to report these situations directly to the High Command when I arrive at the imperial capital. If possible, I will also be able to present it to His Royal Highness the Regent..."
Du Wei was anxious. But his eyes rolled. smiled. Unhurriedly picked up the kettle on the table. Poured a glass of water for General Andre. He smiled and said: "General Andre. Of course I understand military discipline. After all, I was also born in the Luo Lin family. Don't worry. I won't make things difficult for you. It's just... this matter is very important, not just about your Storm Legion. My trip is also returning to the imperial capital. I think. There are some things, maybe I can help a little."
Andrea was about to say something. But I heard a gentle voice behind me laughing and saying: "General Andre, our lord duke absolutely didn't mean to spy on the military plane, let alone. With our lord duke's current status, such an important matter, the regent will definitely look for the duke My lord came to discuss it. Speaking of it, you are commanding the army abroad after all, and you don’t know much about the environment of the imperial capital. There are some things that you can’t expect to be purely business-like. If you have the help of the Duke, things will be much easier.”
As soon as Andrea turned his head, he saw Rodriguez standing behind him. His expression changed. And the cavalrymen around him suddenly became fierce. It turned out that Rodriguez came quietly behind him. So many people, but none of them noticed.
Andrea took a deep breath. Slowly said: "It turned out to be His Excellency "Silver Sword Saint"! Your Excellency Rodriguez. Have you already voted under the command of Duke Tulip?"
Du Wei was stunned for a moment: "Yinxiao Sword Master?"
Rodriguez smiled bitterly: "This weird nickname. I don't know who gave it to me."
It turned out that during the coup, Rodriguez used the strength of the Holy Terrace. After killing the chief martial artist of the palace, the silver cold light of the Frost Dou Qi criss-crossed. Together with Rodriguez holding the beauty under the moon. The attitude of looking down at the world. Rumor has spread to the mainland.
His strength at the holy level naturally deserves the title of "Sword Master", and "Yin Xiao" just alludes to his gorgeous appearance when he displays his Frost Fighting Qi.
Rodriguez turned to the table, stood beside Du Weidi, and said with a smile, "General Andre, long time no see. Speaking of which, you are much more tired than when we met last time." Paused After a while, he laughed again: "However, your cultivation level has increased by another level. When we met last time, you were still a sixth-level knight, right?"
At this moment, the knight badge on General Andre's chest has become level seven.
Andre snorted, but said dejectedly: "I can make a breakthrough only with the guidance of your Sword Master Yinxiao."
Hearing this, the two seemed to recognize each other. and. I'm afraid I have done it.
Du Wei glanced at Rodriguez. Rodriguez smiled and said, "Master Duke, do you still remember that I went to the northern frozen forest after the coup? Before I entered the forest alone, I encountered the patrolling cavalry of the Stormtroopers. It's also a coincidence that the leader of the team was actually General Andre. General Andre wanted to stop me from entering the forest, but unfortunately I didn't listen... "
Andre snorted angrily: "You don't need to be so polite. It was you and I who wanted to stop you at the beginning, but it turned out that you were not your opponent. You were defeated by a few hits. You are a holy warrior. Continental Invincible, I am a little sixth-level knight, and there are only a few hundred cavalry around me, so I will definitely not be able to stop you. You are still polite, no one hurt me, I am already very grateful to you."
Du Wei nodded, and then heard Rodriguez say: "General Andrea, I am doing it for your own good. Speaking of which, I still have some sincere respect for the soldiers of the Storm Legion. You are defending the border of the empire. I have really suffered a lot, and the soldiers in the Storm Legion are all good. Let me tell you... "
He glanced at Du Wei, who immediately agreed and nodded slightly.
Rodriguez looked solemn, and continued: "General Andre, you are not in the imperial capital, so you don't know the current situation in the empire. I won't ask you what's going on in the north, but I'll just say that you asked for reinforcements... but reinforcements, where are they?" It’s that simple? You probably don’t know it, but given the current situation in the empire, it’s probably extremely difficult to ask the central government to send reinforcements!”
Andre stared: "But the situation in the north!"
Rodriguez interrupted him and said: "There is something going on in the north, but is it peaceful in other places? If nothing else, just talk about this northwest! You also know what happened in the northwest last year, right? Grassland people invaded. Twenty thousand The cavalry besieged the city of Giliat! To be honest, our Desa Province suffered some losses at that time? Didn’t the peace talks be hasty and let the people settle down!”
Andrea nodded: "I know about this. It was written in the military's monthly residence newspaper."
Rodriguez smiled: "But, it says that the Northwest Army repelled the prairie people? Hmph, although you are not in the imperial capital, what is the situation of the Northwest Army? Don't you know?"
Andre's expression changed, and a strange flash of light suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"The situation at that time was actually that the Northwest Army colluded with the prairie people and let the prairie people enter the customs. We were caught off guard! And the guys from the Northwest Army also used the name of the spring drill to besiege our capital with tens of thousands of troops. Our news. Don’t let us have a chance to send reinforcements! If it weren’t for our Lord Tulip Duke’s cleverness and clever strategy. If we broke that situation, I’m afraid that we would have lost that battle long ago! ! At this time, the situation in the northwest is already very bad. In such a situation, the emperor can send a soldier over! You want reinforcements, but we in the northwest still want reinforcements! But the reinforcements. Where will they come from?"
Rodriguez asked one last time. This left General Andre speechless.
"The main battle legion of the empire. I won't mention the Northwest Army. It has become a warlord in a separatist territory. It is rare for them not to rebel. But other than that, what else can we expect? The legion in the south is guarding thousands of miles in the southern swamp. Far away, and, to be honest, since the empire established the navy. Every time the navy expands, it always draws manpower and soldiers from the southern army. Just because the southerners are good at water. The northerners are not good at water. During the reign of His Majesty the current emperor, the navy How many times has it been expanded? How many elite soldiers and strong generals have been transferred from the Southern Army? Later, the military expenditure of the Empire has not continued, and the recruitment of the Southern Army has been delayed. Now the Southern Army, how much land can they still have? Combat power? From my point of view, there is probably only an empty shelf left!"
Andre was silent for a long time, before he sighed: "When it comes to military expenses, who is not like this! Even our Storm Legion, the arrears of military expenses are getting worse every year! We, the generals leading the troops, are forced to Looking for money everywhere!"
Du Wei suddenly remembered the gold selling cave outside the imperial capital. Isn't it the background of the military and used to raise military expenses
"That's it. Don't count on the Southern Legion. Are you counting on the King City Guards?" Rodriguez smiled and said: "The coup d'état the year before last, the second division of the King City was completely cleaned up! There are 20,000 elites, one of which is not Stay! Although the reserve army was recruited later, I don’t think I need to say how much combat power the recruits can have. What’s more, the imperial capital is located in the middle of the mainland, how far is it from the Northwest Army’s territory? Hmph, if it’s Kuai Ma If you march in a hurry, I am afraid that it will only take a few days before you can stand under the gate of the imperial capital! In such a situation, how could the regent dispatch the imperial guards for you? Once the imperial capital's military strength is drawn too much, it will be difficult to protect Lugao in the northwest. I can't think of anything in my heart! But other than that, how can the empire have any field troops? As for those local garrisons... General Andre, let's not talk about the combat power of the local garrisons, but the empire has been fighting for thousands of years. , Are there still few private troops on the sites of those rich and nobles? Once the local garrison draws more, there is no guarantee that no ambitious people will take advantage of the opportunity! At that time, it will be the same as when the Augustinian Dynasty was established two hundred years ago. The mainland is in a state of melee!"
When Du Wei heard this, he couldn't help admiring in his heart... This Rodriguez, it seems that not only his martial arts skills are great, but his knowledge and mouth are also so good! As expected of a disciple of Lan Hai Sect!
"So, the matter of asking for reinforcements..." Andre's face was filled with worry.
"So I said, some things are not straightforward. You are not in the imperial capital, so you don't know what is going on in the imperial capital. Our Duke Tulip is currently the most trusted minister of the imperial regent. In many things, only he can influence the decision-making of the regent! Said An unkind word, even ten words from today's prime minister, may not be as good as our lord duke. You have to go back to the imperial capital this time for military affairs, so you might as well talk to lord duke first, and see if he can help you. You... Besides, this is not a military leak, as long as the Duke returns to the imperial capital, what you report to the military headquarters, within a day, the regent will tell us all about the Duke."
Andre weighed it in his mind. First of all, this place is indeed not an extremely confidential military affairs. Anyway, when he arrives in the imperial capital, the news will always spread.
Secondly, this Duke of Tulip has indeed been extremely powerful in the past two years. I have heard of his reputation in the north. The little boy who I personally took out of the frozen forest at the time seems to be under one person now. An important minister above ten thousand people. Many people even bet that this young duke, less than twenty-five years old, will become the youngest prime minister in the history of the empire! (The current prime minister is an old man from the time of Augustine VI. Although the regent did not touch him, everyone knows that he has been emptied).
If there is such a big person who can speak for me, maybe this time it will be...
General Andre sighed, his eyes were filled with worry, he finally slapped the table, and shouted: "Send a few brothers to guard the surroundings, and no one else is allowed to approach, and clean up the lobby for me!"
Immediately ten cavalrymen stood up, drove the hotel owner and waiters to the back, checked the lobby carefully, and left a few people guarding outside.
After all this was done, General Andre gritted his teeth: "Your Excellency, just six days ago, you must have felt the abnormal movement of the earth's oscillation, right?"
Six days ago, Du Wei counted the days, and it was the day when Bai Hechou and the Pope faced off at Cold Spring Pass!
Then Andrea dipped his fingers in the water and drew a pattern on the table...
Water was dripping on the table, and it seemed that General Andre was not good at drawing pictures. However, fortunately, although the drawing is crude, the meaning seems to be quite clear.
I saw a big arc on the table - General Andre pointed to this arc and said: "Look, you two, this is the border line at the southern end of the Frozen Forest. Speaking of which, although our Storm Legion has 200,000 soldiers , but this damn forest is really too big! The border at the southern end is as long as a province! Although we have 200,000 troops, we have to garrison them on such a long line. It is also very difficult. Therefore, for many years, we have adopted the strategy of focusing on garrisoning, and at the same time sending more patrols and rangers. This is barely the completion of the mission."
He casually drew a few small circles under the arc that symbolized the southern border of the frozen forest: "Our troops are stationed in several places in units of divisions, near the southern end of the forest. At the same time, with the cavalry squad as a unit, they patrol back and forth according to the set route every day and night. Although the soldiers have worked hard, fortunately, there have been no major disturbances in these years. Another point is that the The Legion is different. Our Storm Legion doesn’t have a main battalion! Because all the divisions have been sent out to garrison, otherwise, such a long line can’t be seen at all! Even the personal guards directly under General Rostock The regiment, only 20,000 people, is stationed in a place slightly to the south. This has long been a secret, and it doesn’t hurt to tell you.”
"The big earthquake six days ago was really scary. I came to the south this time and asked people along the way. It seems that the situation here is fine, but in the frozen forest in the north. It's different! The hell The earthquake broke all the trees, collapsed the mountains, and cracked the roads! It is a pity that our two cavalry battalions were stationed in a valley. As a result, the snow mountain collapsed during the earthquake. The poor thousands of brothers only ran out. To 300 people, most of the other places were buried alive!! I went to the scene to see it later. That damn earthquake. First, the exits on both sides of the valley collapsed, and people couldn’t get out even if they ran. Then the mountain collapsed..."
Speaking of this, Andre's eyes turned red, and his tone couldn't help but choke.
However, he is a soldier after all, took a deep breath, and continued to draw a few arrows pointing south on the arc.
"The earthquake just six days ago. No one in the army has ever experienced such a thing. For a while, people were panicked, even the generals. Although everyone calmed down a little, they were still uneasy after all. Sure enough, in the afternoon, disaster happened!
Now it seems that I don't know where to start. In short, we later followed the news in the newspaper. Just in these few places... You see. One, two, three, four... six! Six directions, almost simultaneously. A large number of monsters ran out of the frozen forest, all the way to the south!
Although I have been in the north for so many years, I have never seen so many monsters in my whole life! !
Although we have encountered some monsters running out of the forest in the past, after all, as long as our patrol cavalry surrounds them, yells a few times, and scares them, they can scare these beasts back. After all, those who can be in the south are some low-level monsters. The really powerful things live in the depths of the forest and rarely come out.
These, most of the monsters have some intelligence, even if they are low-level, if a monster encounters our patrol team, it often knows that it is invincible, so it retreats and goes back. Unless we meet some powerful guys, our soldiers will fight.
But this time the difference is... so many monsters came out, not one or two, nor ten or hundreds, but tens of thousands! !
At that time, I was not in the front, but in the commander's camp in the south, but a good brother of mine, who was the deputy head of the division, told me later that his camp was the first to bear the brunt of a torrent of monsters, which happened to collide head-on. On the direction of his camp! The soldiers standing on the sentry tower at that time were completely stunned. The scene was almost like a nightmare!
The dense torrent of monsters rushed out, and the soldiers were stunned for a while before they realized it, but when they resisted, the scene was really soft!
Lord Duke, Mr. Rodriguez, there are absolutely no cowards in our Storm Legion! However, even if we train hard, most of the soldiers are just ordinary people! They don't know magic, they can only use knives, bows and arrows, and spears!
On weekdays, if we encounter one or two monsters, as long as our soldiers are brave and desperate, we can barely drive them away, but if we encounter a large number of...
The types of monsters are even more strange, they have everything, but fortunately, these monsters also seemed to be frightened and ran out during the earthquake. Our camps are all military fortresses, and the gates of the camps were ordered to be closed later. The dungeon wall was used for defense, and the soldiers stood on it to shoot arrows and smash stones...
But those guys seem to be crazy, and many of them are almost desperate to hit the wall!
The soldiers are already fighting with their lives! But there are too many of these things! Later, there were even some kind-hearted brothers who, even desperately, organized cavalry to countercharge those monsters, and set fire along the way, trying to scare them away... We have used this tactic of setting fire, and it is very effective. But this time, it didn't work.
In that afternoon alone, we lost tens of thousands of people! The two camps to the west have been breached, and those monsters have passed through our line of defense, heading south!
Afterwards, General Rostock was furious, and he immediately mobilized the cavalry from the rear to hunt down. At the same time, he issued a death order to let the rest of the battalion stand guard. Unless the last person died in the battle, they were not allowed to take a step back!
The military order is like a mountain, that night, when I think about it now, I don't know how I got here! That night, I accompanied General Rostock in the main camp, but every once in a while, orderlies came to report the situation, saying that this place was breached, how many people died there, the situation here was in crisis, and there was a request for reinforcements. What new situation of Warcraft has been discovered...
In the morning of the next day, even the reserve team in the main camp was sent out, and I also took my personal guards and went straight to battle. Before leaving, General Rostock said to me: "If you can't do it, then I will!"
I came to the front line, my brother's division camp, I am afraid I will never forget that scene in my life!
Almost half of the fortress wall in front of the camp was knocked across, and the remaining half was also in jeopardy. Later, my brother told me that at night, several large monsters appeared. Those giant bears are very powerful, and it is very difficult to shoot them to death with bows and arrows. , Later, the head of the division ordered to fill it with people at all costs! I don’t know how many brothers are holding stones and woods to go down to the wall. When the other side collapsed a little, we rushed up to fill it with people, and then we stood guard all night!
Under the outer wall, there were all kinds of corpses everywhere, and the division originally consisted of 20,000 people, but by the next afternoon, there were only less than 8,000 people left! !
No matter it's day or night, all the monsters outside are howling! The voice was so tragic that even thinking about it now, I can't help but have nightmares!
But at that time, although we suffered heavy losses, fortunately, most of the monsters that appeared were low-level, and everyone could barely deal with them under desperate efforts.
But on the morning of the third day, the situation was not right!
In the torrent of Warcraft outside, some advanced guys appeared. I just met the wolf king of an ice and snow demon wolf!
Then I finally found out that the legend is true! Moreover, they can really summon those low-level monsters for them to drive!
With the appearance of high-level monsters, those low-level guys who were just messy suddenly seemed to be a lot more cunning, and they even learned to take turns attacking our camp!
In the end, there are still some monsters living in the ground, and they start to dig holes out of the ground!
The third day was the hardest day. Those monsters became more cunning and smarter. They no longer rushed up with our bows and arrows as before, but became cunning and knew how to dodge! And the magical attacks of those monsters are even more powerful!
Our soldiers, in the absence of magicians, only used knives and arrows to resist desperately. In the end, less than 20% of the division I belonged to survived!
With the emergence of high-level monsters, these originally chaotic torrents of monsters have turned into legions of monsters! "
Speaking of this, Andre, this brave general suddenly gave a wry smile: "I was able to survive. Thinking about it now, it is really a kind of luck! And at that time, there were even many soldiers who couldn't even hold a knife It's not that they are not brave, it's just that no one has seen such a scene!"
Du Wei couldn't help asking: "Then... Now, where are those monsters? Since you can retreat, did they retreat?"