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Chapter 106
All the aristocratic local officials in the main hall were shocked, seeing Camus kicking over the wine bottle in a rage. But because of Camus' identity, he didn't dare to speak. He only peeked at the expressions of Governor Schier and the Duke.
The Governor of Sheer Province looked ugly, but after all, in front of him was the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of Southern Army troops. Although he was a governor, how could he dare to get angry with him? The muscles on his face were trembling, and he couldn't help but glance at Rody.
Rody was excited, but his face remained calm. He couldn't help but think of the information about Camus that he had previously obtained from Sieg and Nicole.
Camus, commander of the Empire's Southern Legion. Fifty-three years old, he earned the title of First-Class Samurai at the age of eighteen. He entered the army after graduating from the Imperial Academy as a civilian student.
He served as deputy commander of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Northwest Army and was later promoted to commander. When the previous generation of Duke Tulip served as the commander of the Northwest Army, he was promoted to the deputy commander of the Northwest Army.
Later, he was transferred to the Central Cavalry Corps and continued to serve as the deputy of the Duke of Tulip and the deputy commander of the Thunder God's Whip Corps.
In twenty years, he, a man of civilian origin, became one of the top generals in the empire. Later, he was granted the title of baron by the emperor and was promoted to earl three years later.
In the hundreds of years since the empire was founded, there have been fewer than ten people like the founding fathers who rose from a commoner to become an earl in the past few hundred years.
Camus is resolute, courageous and resourceful. But the only drawback is that he is too extreme and has an arrogant personality. After serving as Duke Tulip's close assistant for twenty years, he finally broke with the previous Duke due to some unknown things. Originally, Camus could be said to be the second-ranking military commander in the empire after Duke Tulip. However, because he turned against the previous Duke of Tulip for some unknown reason, Count Camus himself proposed to leave the "Thunder Whip", and eventually went south and was transferred to the position of commander of the Southern Army. After the last Tulip Duke died of illness, he did not return to the imperial capital once in five years.
The feud between Commander Camus and Duke Tulip was almost an open secret among the imperial nobility. This time the emperor sent Rody to Camus instead of sending him anywhere. He probably had the reason to deliberately embarrass Rody.
A few years ago, the mountain tribes in the south rebelled, shaking the three southeastern provinces. Because the Sheer Province is closest to the mountainous area, the local residents are mixed and have been intermarried for hundreds of years. Many people have mountain ancestry, and many residents are simply mountain tribesmen. The rebellion swept through almost the entire province of Shire. Camus relied on his superhuman military talents and cleverly used various means of differentiation and disunity to defeat the mountain rebel tribes one by one, and finally drove all the mountain barbarians back to the mountains.
But he is not a bloodthirsty person. After crushing the rebel forces militarily, they were good at exploiting the hatred and discord between mountain tribes and tribes to divide governance. The art of balance was fully demonstrated in his hands. Otherwise, in the three southeastern provinces, especially in the province of Sil. Mountain ancestry accounts for 30% of the local residents. In an environment where the national hatred between the Empire and the Mountain People was so fierce, it was because Camus was in charge that the overall situation in the southeast was stabilized.
In the past few years, the tribes in the mountains have been greatly shaken by the fact that the Great Moon Kingdom, a foreign grass carp race in the northwest, has separated from the Empire and established a new nation. Many ambitious people are bent on imitating the Great Moon Kingdom in the northwest, getting rid of the rule of the Empire and establishing a new nation. However, because of the blockage in the southeast, Miao's existence makes those mountain tribes dare not act rashly!
It can be said that Rody has great admiration for the commander of the Camus Army. After all, he is not the real Duke of Tulip, and he really has no idea about the grudge between the Tulip family and Camus. It's just that as a young soldier of the empire, I have a kind of reverence for this distinguished senior.
Taking a deep breath, Rody tried his best to use a calm voice and said: "Master Camus, please sit down. I just arrived in Purple Leaf City today, and I was thinking about when to go to the southeast camp to meet you, and you are already here."
Camus just nodded, glanced at Roddy lightly, and said coldly: "Your Majesty the Duke, I'm not here to drink. I just have important matters to discuss with the Governor. I don't think there's any need to drink this wine. Everyone should disperse." Come on!"
The last words were turned around and said to the nobles in the main hall.
"Important things?" Rody frowned.
Camus looked at Rody calmly, then at the governor, and said coldly: "Please give the governor's order! From today on, the whole city of Ziye City will be on alert! The entire province of Xier will be on alert, and the garrison will be on combat readiness. My The Southern Army will also cooperate with the local garrison... I have received the latest news that the mountain people seem to have new movements. "
"What?" The governor stood up suddenly and hesitated: "No... no way... their tribal elders came to see me the day before yesterday... I..."
Camus had a sneer on his face, a bit of mockery in his smile: "I also gave you a few beauties from the mountain tribe, right?"
"Nonsense! How can this happen!" The governor blushed, and immediately said solemnly: "Since Lord Camus has important matters! Let's end today's banquet here... Lord Duke, what do you think?"
Rody stood up and said loudly: "I am entrusted by His Majesty. Since I have important military affairs, I can't slack off! That's it for today!"
The governor and the duke both spoke, and the distinguished guests in the main hall immediately stood up to leave. Some of the thoughtful ones were shocked by what they just said, fearing that something big had really happened this time. Others are also ready to flee the southeast, thinking about how to preserve their property...
The women who were accompanying them withdrew one after another, and soon only Rody, Camus, and the three local governors of the Southeast Province were left in the main hall.
Camus looked serious and had a cold face. He slowly said: "Three Governors, the situation in front of you may be a bit complicated. At present, I have received news that the nineteen tribes in the mountain have held a tribal meeting at the Flame Tribe in Jiuqu Mountain ten days ago, and the nineteen tribes have jointly elected Make Wu Ya from the Fire Department the Chief!"
"Chief!" Governor Scheer immediately changed his color and shouted: "Are they crazy? According to the imperial decree, no tribe can establish a chief! Do they want to rebel when they are united like this!" The governors of the other two provinces also His complexion changed drastically.
Camus glanced at the silent Roddy and said slowly: "Rebellion? Didn't they do it once ten years ago? That's nothing! It's just that this time they openly violated the imperial laws and formed a secret alliance. , establish a chief... Humph, it seems that Wu Ya is somewhat ambitious. "
Governor Scheer gritted his teeth and said: "Asshole! According to the imperial decree, no tribe can support a chief. All mountain tribes must respect His Majesty the Emperor as their common chief. How dare they do this? Aren't they afraid of beheading! I... I want to send someone immediately Report to the Imperial Capital!"
Camus looked at him with some disdain, and just said lightly: "The thing has happened, but the message transmission in the mountains has not changed. I have been ten days behind in getting the message. The most important thing now is to restrain the subordinates immediately , be prepared. If I'm not wrong, they will raise the flag in less than a month! The south is complicated, and there are many mountain clan troops among the defenders. The most important thing now is to stabilize the army! The two governors will rush back to their jurisdiction immediately! I will immediately dispatch people from the Southern Army to assist."
After a pause, Camus took a breath and said slowly: "Things are like a ** now, a spark will cause a fire! There are currently 30,000 defenders in Ziye City, including 10,000 mountain local infantry regiments, Lord Governor. , please immediately send people to step up surveillance and order the military camp to be closed and not allow them to contact the outside world!"
The fat on Governor Scheer's face couldn't help but tremble: "Could it be that... do these guys dare to rebel openly? I... I will mobilize the defenders immediately and take them all down!"
Fool! Camus secretly cursed: Take it? They are an infantry regiment of 10,000 people with sufficient equipment. How to get it? Just relying on your 20,000 troops with weak discipline to defend the place, I am afraid that the two of them will be defeated by those fierce mountain troops when they meet!
Rody showed a thoughtful expression on his face and slowly said: "Mr. Governor, I don't think we can act rashly now! After the mountain tribes unite, the first thing they do must be to contact the armies of the mountain tribes in the southeast! Although those armies belong to The empire, after all, is a foreign race. If someone incites it, there will inevitably be some trouble! Now that we are suddenly taking action, I am afraid that some people will be forced to rebel even if they don't!"
Governor Shear immediately smiled and said: "Yes! Your Lord Duke said yes, what does your Lord Duke mean?"
Rody frowned secretly, but still said: "According to Master Camus's wishes, first order the military camp to be closed! No entry or exit at will! No contact with the outside world! Then... then slowly mobilize the army to the side as a deterrent!" Then he looked at the card Miu glanced at him and said seriously: "Lord Camu, how many troops can your southeast camp have now?"
Camus glanced at Roddy with a complicated expression, pondered for a while, and said: "Fifty thousand at most! No more! The southeast camp must leave enough troops. Once the tribes in the mountains unite to openly rebel, the southeast camp will The front end must immediately engage in counterinsurgency!”
Rody nodded and said: "I heard before I came that there are two mountain infantry regiments in Xi'er Province. One is stationed in Ziye City, and the other infantry regiment was dismantled and divided into five thousand-man detachments and stationed in All over the country, right?"
"Yes!" Governor Shear nodded immediately and bowed: "Your Excellency, the Duke knows everything!"
Rody nodded lightly, thinking that this is what I came to the south to do. If I don't get some information in advance, am I waiting to be fooled by corrupt officials like you
After looking at the governors of the other two provinces, the two governors immediately understood and said separately: "I have four thousand mountain tribe troops in the local garrison."
"I have five thousand people there, but they are all reserve troops."
Rody sighed secretly in his heart and couldn't help but curse in his heart: These damn local guards know that the mountain barbarians are ready to attack, but they dare to set up so many mountain tribe guards! Isn't that why you hand out weapons to others knowing that they are going to rebel? It’s so damned good!
Little did he know that there had been no war in the south for ten years, and the local garrison's military discipline had fallen into disrepair. Officers from various places embezzled military pay, but Camus did not dare to be too presumptuous at the moment, so he could only set up as many Mountain Clan troops as possible. The soldiers of the Mountain Clan are paid slightly lower than the soldiers of the Empire, so there is a lot to be done. In order to line their own pockets, why do these military officers take care of so many things? I always thought that the Mountain Clan had been surrendered for many years and would never rebel again. Others chanted bullshit slogans like "treating barbarians with barbarians." As everyone knows, the method of using barbarians to control barbarians is certainly feasible, but it must be established under the leadership of a highly powerful central government. Only with powerful force as a backing to intimidate the opponent, and at the same time supplemented by appeasement measures, can we use barbarity to control barbarism.
But now that the empire's national strength is weakening, the local garrison has been dispersed. The knife in his hand was already dull, so why did he still shout about using barbarism to control barbarism? If you take the initiative to give the knife to the enemy, why won't they stab you
Rody made a rough calculation and found that in the three southeastern provinces, there were about 100,000 local garrison troops, and among the imperial garrison troops from the Shanyue tribe accounted for 30,000 people. This ratio is basically the same as the population - but when you think about the fact that the imperial defenders are underpaying the air force and falsely reporting the figures, it is probably not the case...
Rody couldn't care less, and acted like a duke, asking the governors of the other two provinces to leave Ziye City and return to their jurisdiction immediately.
Camus had brought 10,000 cavalry regiments of the Southern Legion with him on the way here and was now outside the city. He had already made his own decision and sent 20,000 people to two other southeastern provinces to assist the local governors.
After Camus finished explaining, he immediately said goodbye and left the city. When he left, he just nodded carelessly to Rody, and didn't even look at Governor Scheer.
After Camus left, Governor Schier felt unhappy and couldn't help but snorted coldly and said harshly: "This Camus doesn't take the Duke seriously at all!"
Rody smiled faintly, thinking that it was a shame that he didn't take me seriously. I'm afraid you are angry because he doesn't take you seriously. But he said calmly: "The matter is urgent now, and Lord Camus is also busy with important matters."
Governor Scheer slapped the horse's leg with his flattery, and just smiled coquettishly on his face.
That afternoon, an order was passed from the Governor's Mansion, and Ziye City began to be on strict alert.
Roddy took Lant quietly to the street to take a look. I saw the chaotic local defenders of Ziye City running around in a mess, with no order at all, and bumping around like headless flies. The city was also in a state of chaos, and many local defenders took the opportunity to extort money from merchants. Rody gritted his teeth secretly after seeing this: With such an army, don't wait for the mountain tribe to rebel. As long as the mountain tribe defender outside the city rebels, they will probably be able to capture the Purple Leaf City immediately!
Looking at the towering city gates and the city walls that looked like copper and iron walls, Rody sighed in his heart: What's the use of building the city walls higher? If the people are not employed properly, they are just decorations even on the tall city walls! Looking at the behavior of the three governors we saw today and the appearance of these local noble officials, it is simply a joke to say that they can manage the place well! I'm afraid if Camus hadn't been watching from the southeast, most of the money to build the city wall would have been embezzled. Just like the Watt Fortress, the twelve-meter wall is actually less than ten meters...