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Chapter 76
"My lord, what you mean is..." Feido's eyes flashed, and he and Ferrara exchanged glances with each other. They both saw surprise in each other's eyes.
The Duke had just pulled them into the woods to talk. The Duke didn't have the temper to beat around the bush, and he just talked about the word "money" in a few words. Although walking in the officialdom, "money" is indispensable. It's just that the Duke is too direct, isn't he? Without any foreshadowing, he just stretched out his hand. Little did the two of them know that Roddy was simply a fake Duke. Although he had lived a noble life in the imperial capital for a few months, he still didn't know how to deal with such dirty transactions between high-ranking people. He was stunned. Just said it.
Ferrara was surprised, but greatly relieved. I’m not afraid that the other party won’t accept the money, but I’m afraid that I want to give money but have no place to send it! At that moment, Ferrara smiled slightly: "I know that the current war in the northwest is tense and our army is short of supplies. I am willing to sell off my property and raise military expenses to relieve your worries!"
Fei Duo also immediately nodded in agreement, but there was a faint look of pain on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Although my family is not well-off, I am willing to sell iron and donate military expenses..." After saying this, he paused, thinking he was calculating the amount. Loudly said: "Ten thousand gold coins!"
As soon as these words came out, Rody immediately frowned. Ferrara next to him was also full of anger, scolding this Fedo idiot in his heart! Since the Duke dares to ask for money, he naturally knows the details of his loss of air force pay and supplies! At this time, this idiot garrison commander still cares about money as much as his life. He is really a loser!
Sure enough, the Duke was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Very well, Lord Feiduo Guard! You are very generous! Ten thousand gold coins!" After a pause, the Duke said coldly: "Before the siege, Watt Fortress had not been attacked. What was the reported military strength of Watt Fortress at that time? Fifteen thousand people, right? After the siege, the main force of Ruben's Northwest Army was the one who fought on the city wall. Most of your people were to assist in the city defense. And the security issues in the city! Now that the battle is over, how many defenders are there in Watt Fortress? The Emperor ordered that there should be four thousand bundles of arrows in stock when I came here! The general said, it seems that the number of missing arrows is not that high... Also, according to the imperial decree, the first-level fortress is built with a wall of 12 meters high! When I entered the city, I was surprised, why is the wall so short? "Ten meters!"
Rody spoke very slowly, and the guard Fei Duo was frightened and pale when he heard this. Until he heard the last sentence, he subconsciously defended: "How can it be less than ten meters! It's obviously ten meters!" As soon as he said this , he immediately realized that it was broken, his face turned pale and he was trembling with fear.
Ferrara looked on and cursed in his heart, scolding the guard as a fool, and made up his mind that as soon as this incident was over, he would report to the person in the imperial capital to replace this idiot who failed to achieve anything but failed!
At that moment, Ferrara's expression changed, he put away his smile, looked directly at Rody, gritted his teeth and said: "Since the Duke has already explained it, I won't say anything else! The Lord Guard and I are willing to contribute 100,000 gold coins to cover military expenses! I don’t know if the Duke is satisfied!”
Rody sighed, then smiled and said: "Thank you two adults for being loyal to the country!"
After that, they walked out of the woods and rejoined the dinner party. This time Roddy was no longer pretentious. He made full use of the aristocratic etiquette he learned from the imperial capital. He walked among many people, talked and laughed and behaved gracefully, looking like a nobleman from aristocratic family.
Everyone left after having a good time that night. Although they thought it was strange that the Duke had different attitudes, but he was the first family in the empire who came from the imperial capital, so it was normal for him to have some airs.
Roddy was also a little drunk and went back under the escort of his own soldiers. Just sitting on the horse and snickering in Andy's head all the way.
"Andy, thanks to you just now, I really don't understand how troublesome it is for these guys to teach."
Andy said in a disdainful tone: "I helped you get 100,000 gold coins in one go today, and you are satisfied now. There were too many flaws when you spoke just now, and you almost let that fat man see the flaws!"
Rody smiled bitterly: "I don't understand this in the first place, and it's all thanks to you to secretly remind me what to say and what to do. Several times I didn't know what to say, so I could only scare them with a deep face. What if? If you weren’t telling me what to say in your heart, I would have exposed it right away.”
Andy snickered: "Boy, how does it feel to get away with one hundred thousand gold coins at just a dinner party?"
Rody was silent for a moment and said calmly: "Disgusting!"
Andy said coldly: "This is the temptation of power and position. You are not used to it yet. No matter what, this first step is successful. It depends on you next. After all, I can help you with suggestions and real swords." If you shoot with a real gun, you can’t fake it!”
Reuenthar dispatched scouts and reconnaissance cavalry in the important town of Mudan to inquire about the situation of Watt Fortress. However, for several days, it was discovered that the surrounding areas outside Watt Fortress were clear and solid. A large number of cavalry were escorting the craftsmen. Even the few surrounding groves were cut down and all the wood was transported back to the city. There was even more excitement on the city wall, and craftsmen were busy reinforcing the city wall all day long. Within two days, countless horses were built under the city wall outside the fortress, and the huge trees with sharpened wooden spears were all placed under the city wall.
The cavalry then went out everywhere, visiting all the towns and villages around the fortress, purchasing a large amount of food and grass, and moving most of the nearby residents to the city. This affectation was obviously a defensive stance.
Reuenthal secretly sent two cavalry to harass, but the Tulip Duke seemed to be very powerful. The empire's "Thunder God's Whip" had been waiting for a while, and the two sides fought a few small battles, but Reuenthar's cavalry was unable to defeat them and retreated.
Reuenthal saw it, but sneered in his heart. He had already learned from the confidential report from the imperial capital that the reinforcements coming from the Central Cavalry Corps this time were only 20,000 people. Although the other party's Duke Tulip arrived surprisingly quickly and caught himself off guard before the information came, but Now it seems that the opponent's strength is nothing more than this. In terms of military strength, it is still far inferior to itself. Now even if the other party wants to mobilize the army from the south of the empire, it will take two months.
And he had already recruited 100,000 cavalry from the Dayue Kingdom and arrived within two days. By then, Reuenthar had made up his mind to defeat the opponent no matter how big the loss was. Although the siege battle gave him a headache, the consumption of troops was no coincidence. Even in a war of attrition, I am sure of myself.
The only thing that makes me angry is that those people from Roland Continent are resting in the military camp in the important town of Mudan. The special envoy from Roland Continent was nowhere to be seen. The large number of magician reinforcements originally promised to him before the war were nowhere to be seen. Even the 10,000 knights he brought with him refused to send a single soldier. The other party only said that the knights were just ordered to protect the special envoy and refused to participate in the battle. Reuenthar's teeth were itching with hatred, but he had nothing to say.
The 10,000 Central Cavalry Corps and 2,000 Royal Guards Cavalry led by Commander Gordon also arrived at Watt Fortress. Rody only summoned a group of people from Sieggotton to discuss at the garrison mansion every day. No other commanders were seen, nor was he seen raising accounts to discuss affairs, nor was he seen inspecting the military camp. Everyone felt that the young Duke Tulip was acting strangely. From some of the words guarding the mansion, it was revealed that the Duke liked to shut himself in his room alone and talk to himself. Sometimes, the Duke's words were heard in the room. The adult's voice sounded like he was arguing with someone.
After enduring for two more days, the 100,000 reinforcements from the Dayue Kingdom arrived at the important town of Mudan. Reuenthar ordered the entire army to recuperate for another two days, to prepare their troops vigorously, and to make full preparations, he immediately ordered to set off in order to attack the Watt Fortress for the second time.
For a time, in addition to the 50,000 people left behind to guard the important town of Mudan, the other 200,000 people formed a mighty army, and the military formation was as long as five miles. Reuenthar knew that he couldn't make a sneak attack, so he simply marched openly. However, he suffered a lot last time, but this time he sent cavalry scouts to gather information and be prepared for someone to attack him.
On this day, I arrived at the gate of Watt Fortress. The original wilderness below the city was densely covered with defensive offensives. I looked at the horses that were filled with sharp wooden spears, looked at the tall city wall that had been completely reinforced, and looked at There were a large number of rolling logs and stones placed on the city wall. Reuenthar gritted his teeth secretly, wondering how many of his warriors would die under this Watt City this time.
Reuenthar was fully prepared and immediately sent two thousand suicide squads to demolish the enemy's horses under the city. All these two thousand people were killed and injured on the first day. Arrows rained down from the city wall, and these resisting horses were all within the range of the arrows. Every time one was demolished, two or three soldiers would lose their lives. Reuenthar ordered to shoot at the opponent, but all were blocked by the opponent's sorcerer's moves.
It took another two days to dismantle more than half of the city's defenses, but Reuenthar had already lost more than 6,000 people. He was so angry that his eyes were red, but he could only stamp his feet.
He has another 200,000 troops. Although his military strength is much superior to that of his opponent, his daily consumption of food and fodder is also staggering. The Dayue Kingdom is located in the grassland and is not a place that produces food in the first place. It took two years to prepare for this war before he accumulated a batch of supplies for his use. Therefore, Reuenthar was anxious and could only order a hard attack regardless of the loss of soldiers.
However, each of his thousands-man troops were killed by the opponent's arrows before they even got close to the opponent's city wall. Seeing that the opponent's arrows were nothing more than rough things made by cutting wood into arrows, thousands of archers gathered together. When shot, the power is quite amazing. Although the shield is large, you can't always hold it up when dismantling fortifications, right
Reuenthal sat on the horse, looking at the tulip battle flag fluttering on the wall of Watt Fortress from a distance, and his heart was churning. He grew up on the grassland, but he was an ambitious guy. When he was young, he once sneaked into the empire secretly and wandered around alone. He also secretly learned the military and military tactics of the Bright Empire in the imperial capital. He was naturally interested in the importance of the word tulip. It's extremely profound. I often regard him as my false enemy in the future, but this time I really met him, but I was disgraced.
Seeing that another thousand-man team came up and was shot back by the opponent's bows and arrows, leaving corpses on the ground, Reuenthar became furious and roared loudly as another thousand-man team came up.
At this time, a knight from the army came up from behind. On the horse was a knight from the Big Moon Kingdom, covered in blood, holding a red ox bone in his hand, which symbolized a hundred thousand urgent matters.
The horse galloped in front of Reuenthar. The knight staggered off the horse and fell. The horse behind him had already exhausted its strength and fell to the ground with a sad hiss. The knight raised the red ox bone above his head with both hands, his voice filled with an exasperated cry.
"His Royal Highness the Great Prince! The Central Cavalry Corps of the Bright Empire is divided into two groups. They raided more than a thousand miles in two days and swept away seventeen of our tribes! They have... almost reached the Longtai Golden Tent!! Your Majesty orders you to immediately Lead the troops to return!”
Reuenthal yelled: "What!! How many people are there! What kind of flag are they flying!!"
The knight's face was covered with blood, and he gasped: "I don't know the number of people... they are fighting... the tulip battle flag!"
Reuenthal felt his eyes go dark, and then his body swayed and he almost fell off the horse. Several of his confidants and generals nearby hurriedly stepped forward to support him. Reuenthar felt shocked and angry in his heart. He really didn't expect that he was known for running long distances all his life, but this time he was attacked by the enemy to his hometown. !
He sat on the horse and saw his subordinates all around him looking at him. He managed to calm down and said through gritted teeth: "How could they run behind us! Where are Mudan's defenders! Haven't they noticed it yet?!"
The warrior took a breath, with a look of fear on his face, but still said: "They should be walking around the city, and all the small groups of scout cavalry who are encountered will be killed without leaving any survivors! So the news was only discovered when they appeared in the territory! They came and went like the wind, non-stop, and those who encountered us never took prisoners, and killed them all on the spot, so... "
Reuenthar was extremely angry and shouted: "What about the defenders of Mudan! Did I leave 50,000 cavalry just to use them as decoration? Now that I know the news, why don't I send troops to pursue it!!"
"Sent! But the news came too slowly. The enemy had already rushed into the grassland..."
Reuenthar took a long breath and calmed down: "What about the Roland Knights in Mudan Town? What are they doing?"
"Envoy Roland said that as an ally, it is his duty to do so. The Roland people have already mobilized their entire army to cooperate with our pursuit!"
"Oh?" This answer was beyond Reuenthal's expectation. He closed his eyes and thought for a while, with a thoughtful expression on his face. Then he suddenly opened his eyes and whispered an order, leaving 10,000 cavalry behind, and the rest of the army immediately retreated. He personally led 30,000 cavalry to rush toward the Dayue Kingdom for reinforcements.
At this moment, on the grassland of Dayue Kingdom in the northwest, a group of knights in full armor and holding spears were also galloping non-stop. Just now they discovered a large horse hoof mark. After counting, they estimated that there were tens of thousands of people on the other side. So the leading officer immediately ordered a full-speed pursuit.
The knights ran on a red horse at the front. The special envoy from Roland Continent was still wearing a black robe and a black gauze covering his face. Although the horse was galloping, he was still thinking about the secret order he received from the hawk last night...
"At any cost! Kill the Tulip Duke!"