Power and Empire Chapter 1968: Empire Dawn (9)
The efficiency of the Nords is very high. Although the two kingdoms of Nord and Swadian have become areas of the Falcon Empire, the enmity between the two countries for hundreds of years is not just a few years It can be completely forgotten that what the Second Southern Army displayed in Lisbon is absolutely superb combat power. It only took less than half a night to carry out the corpses of the dead by military carriages. Burned down. When the sky became clear the next day, the southwest block of the city where the smuggling group gathered had been completely flattened by the Second Southern Army.
The army blocked the road into the southwest block. No one knew what was going on inside. Then the army issued an order to clean up smuggling, requiring all smugglers in Lisbon to go to the city center to register before noon. Violators, once found, kill them on the spot
The citizens of Lisbonto hid behind the window tremblingly, watching the military carriages driving in towards the southwestern block of the city, entering empty cars, and then transporting them out full of unknown goods. The first thing they transported was a smuggling group. Property, and then the goods that need soldiers’ protection to be transported, such as gold, jewelry,
The wealth that the smuggling group has gathered in Lisbon is amazing. Although there is no time to count it in detail, Salton was also shocked by the list in front of him. Are you sure that the number of lists is correct? "Salton took a deep breath, folded the list in his hand and put it in his pocket. His eyes were full of surprises and he looked at the officer who came forward to report. It was amazing. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have hit I don’t believe that just by relying on smuggling, we can accumulate such a wealth. It’s no wonder that His Majesty Falcon is eyeing this. Pigs are fattened and naturally they must be slaughtered. At the beginning, the army turned a blind eye to smuggling. Eyes, the mystery lies here! I have to be admirable, someone with such a genius idea. No one wants to get it except the Vecchia Falcon
The officer replied with a solemn look and cautious "There should be nothing wrong. We not only sealed the other party’s goods, but also found a large hidden dark room under several target manors. The jewelry cannot be estimated, but several used The total number of boxes containing gold coins exceeds 1000 boxes. Calculated on the basis of 7,000 to 10,000 gold coins per box, the number is roughly like this! As for the value of jewellery, it is not possible to obtain a clear figure for the time being. We have mobilized jewelry appraisers from the entire Lisbonto. You should get an answer in a few days"
"There are ten million in gold coins alone! There are countless jewels that cannot be estimated for the time being!"
Salton’s eyes are also shining. Although I knew that the smugglers in the general area were very rich, I didn't expect that they would be so rich. These underground monarchs in Lisbon are really rich and enemies! It is estimated that even if there is no Bezuka incident, the Vickia Falcon will find other ways to deal with all these fat and oily smugglers
"During the cleaning process, we encountered a special situation." The officer gave him a weird look.
"Special circumstances?" Salton furrowed his eyebrows slightly. The army gave a death order, and all resisters would be killed. What special circumstances are there for the dead?
adjutant hesitated to ask for instructions and said, "In addition to these properties, we also found several dungeons used by smuggling syndicates to detain female slaves. Inside were women, and the captains in front were still waiting for instructions from the adults. These women What should I do? Kill them all?"
"Woman!"Salton froze for a moment and blinked his eyes. Slave trading is a very important way for the smuggling group to make money. These women can be kept alone by the smuggling group in the secret room of the headquarters. In addition to not bad appearance, there should be a heart-stirring body part. The Second Southern Army received a secret order from His Majesty the Emperor this time. Thinking of the emperor's habits, who knows whether he suddenly started the smuggling group because he was interested in the smuggling group’s wealth, or because the smuggling group moved the emperor’s women. Under unknown circumstances, killing these women without authorization would cause serious trouble. ,
These women are detained first! Record their names and identities! Take care of it according to general standards! "Salton ordered. If the fat man knows Salton's worries, he will be dumbfounded. The fat man thinks that he has been very self-disciplined during his time in general, and he hardly provokes a woman. Even if he does, it does not involve the relationship between men and women. Above,
The report of the Second Southern Army Corps is available every day. He glanced over another list of belongings submitted by the Second Army, with a touch of joy on his face. The seized properties were mainly jewels, gold, etc. that could circulate underground. Goods, and then he saw the list with more than thirty women’s names,
"Woman?"Fatty has the same expression as Salton, kill it? It shouldn't be so! The fat man casually looked at the bodies and backgrounds of a few women, and suddenly became a little entangled. Most of them were women from the noble and wealthy who had been affected by the war some time ago in the general area. There were even a few women who were just but not wealthy. In the past, the noble and famous ladies were secretly kidnapped by smuggling groups in their diaspora. They were auctioned off in the underground market as private goods. Slaves were forbidden in the empire, but because smuggling in general areas was rampant, in some parts of the empire , There also appeared Nu Zengli,
This kind of young woman who has both looks and body weight should be expensive in the underground market. Depending on the appearance and body weight, the price is between 5,000 and 10,000. If there are rival families to buy Then, you can use all kinds of means to give a nasty breath. These women should have been sold half a month ago, but because the smuggling group controlled the commerce of Lisbon to stop, the southern army drove into the city of Lisbon to martial law. , The underground black market could not be held as scheduled. When the Second Southern Army broke into the manor, the smuggling group was completely disrupted. Who cares about the life and death of these women? If it weren’t for the army in charge of the search with the determination to dig the ground, it would still It’s not easy to find the secret ways that imprison these women,
If you wait three or four days, even if you find a corpse, because smugglers only give a small amount of food and water every day to prevent these women from resisting. For most buyers who participate in the underground market, Beautiful ladies with a pale and weak face are far more flavorful than stubborn and rebellious savage women, so this kind of convention has been formed. Smugglers use hunger to defeat the will and resistance of these ladies, and let them learn to obey. , And it can also ensure that these women don’t have too many scars, which can be counted in one fell swoop,
After hesitating for a while, the order given to Salton was for Salton to secretly send these women back to their respective families. This not only guarantees the face of these families, but also gains more support for combating smuggling. Sure enough, many of the wealthy families in the general area who learned that smuggling groups kidnapped their female relatives began to stand on the side of the empire, unanimously giving up and accusing the emperor. **In the attitude of Bezuka's brutality, he turned to fully cooperate with the emperor to arrest the smugglers, either openly or secretly,
Salton deserves to be a famous Nordic general who is known for his careful thinking. Under his command, the Second Southern Army's attack range against smuggling groups is strictly limited. The majority of Lisbon’s civilians were not affected. The smuggling group’s status in general was almost uprooted. The military carried out thorough investigations in various parts of the general area. The smuggled goods were completely blocked and the smuggling group’s underground transactions were frozen. With the assistance of local forces, within half a month, the Southern Second Army arrested more than 13,000 people involved in smuggling, of which 4,000 were executed.
The smuggling that was once rampant in the Pu Tau area has become a role that everyone screams and beats on the street. Smugglers are no longer seen on the streets. The area under the control of orthodox merchants has rapidly expanded and has become the mainstream of the market. The prestige of the emperor's team that cracked down on smuggling has also been greatly improved.
Most of the generalists don’t know that when the military is struggling to combat general smuggling, the power structure of the empire has also changed in this storm, and the Swadian faction that has been punished by the three-level punishment. Prais was the first to be affected. This time he was demoted to the third rank, and the deputy commander in charge of military affairs of the empire was demoted to the administrator of the Palavin area. The undersecretary of the Logistics Department, who was named as the Smuggling Group's Talks, was seized by the Ministry of Supervision and found a large number of correspondence with the smuggling syndicate. After a brief interrogation, he was executed in the name of colluding with the smuggling syndicate. There were more than 20 officials involved in other ministries. People, although only a few people of the Swadian faction saw blood in this storm, most of them saved their lives, but the price was that the entire Swadian faction was kicked out of the upper core power circle of the empire!
In June, the sky breeze started in the autumn field, and the whole empire was rejoicing in combating smuggling, and when the upcoming July harvest began to be busy, the only eastern Gaul where the empire was still using soldiers, it was not The ideal battle report, Salong’s advancement to the four major eastern regions was blocked,
Because most of the main force of the empire was transferred to the southwest area and the Putau area, currently only six infantry flag regiments and one cavalry flag regiment of the empire are under the command of Salong, with a total force of more than 70,000 people, and he faces the east The combined forces of the four ruling powers are about 80,000, and then they are evacuated from the direction of Gaul Kyoto, temporarily lingering Algernon Julia and the remaining 30,000 Gaul Northern Army under Algernon Katja, with a total strength of 110,000. People,
With 70,000 troops to deal with the nearly 200,000 blocking forces on both sides, Saron also felt a lot of pressure. Fortunately, the forces of the four governing coalition forces in the east and Algernon are not coordinated. In order to fight for more In the most controllable areas, the three-point power is now showing a state of war, and after Salong's aggressive advancement entered the mountains of eastern Gaul, he fell into a difficult situation.
The Gauls used to conquer this area and fought against the forces in the eastern mountainous area for decades. Finally, they adopted a compromise method and achieved a sense of control by acknowledging the four major consuls. In fact, the eastern Because of the rugged and complex terrain, the mountainous area is not suitable for the movement of large groups of troops, and there are many ethnic groups in the eastern mountainous area, so it has never been actually conquered
June 3rd, sunny and no wind,
On the front hill where the emperor was stationed, Saraon rode on a war horse, with the single eye staring at the horizon ahead. When the morning light hadn’t illuminated the sky, the mountain in front of him was called Po Alonso. The barrier of the eastern mountainous area, the current empire’s control area and the eastern control area, is the boundary between this, and Salong decided to fight here against the four ruling coalition forces in the east that are coming forward and countering.
This eastern barrier is the highest point of the entire eastern mountainous area. Once you pass this place, the rugged terrain of the eastern mountainous area will become meaningless. Whoever can occupy this place can take it as a stronghold and treat the mountain The opposing area launched various tactics to destroy, and I don’t know why. The ruling coalition forces in the east, which were originally passively defensive, suddenly launched a counterattack. A dozen forward guard towers have been captured, and even a medium-sized fortress has been lost. The results of Saron’s advancement last month were completely in vain, and he was forced to defend with all his strength.
At the other end of the mountain range, various flags of the four major eastern powers appeared after noon, just like a large forest lun profile wriggling, the long black line advancing more and more obvious,
"Go forward!"
The mountain infantry of Dalaknita's family is like a piece of yellow dust. Soldiers holding mountain javelins and bucklers have the speed of impact in the mountains. The array of shooters in the Zhu Chenwu family always stands in the upper hand. The Michelando family’s gold-stripe warfare is under the banner of the mountain light cavalry, holding sharp four-meter-long spears in their hands. Although the number is not as good as the other three, But its neat and uniform alignment shows that they are truly elite. Finally, the Li Kesier’s military flag with a black background and a yellow border. The entire row of spears and heavy shields is like a steel wall on the ridge
The mountain wind rolled up the leaves between the two armies, and the bushes filled the bushes with a whining sound. There seemed to be only rhythmic rustling footsteps left in the world,
"Get ready!"
Saron looked cold and waved to the messenger behind him. He anticipated the counterattack of the ruling coalition forces in the east, but he did not expect that the number would be so large, but it was obviously unwise to retreat at this time. There won't be such a good opportunity in winter. With the order, the stern horn of the Falcon Emperor ** team sounded at the same time. The queue expands layer by layer, in the middle. In the three directions of the right wing and the left wing, an astonishing number of troops have been assembled, like a long solid wall blocking the sight of the opposite person
The two armies are very tacitly maintained at the two ends of the mountain, with a sunken lowland in the middle. Looking at each other from afar, "If the east is willing to belong to the empire, I can use my reputation to ensure that the status of the four major consuls will not be affected." Salong sent a letter to the opposing consul coalition to make the final persuasion.
"Stupid man! Tell him that we want the vast land behind him, at least two provinces. Otherwise, there is no bargaining value!"
Darakneta’s Patriarch, Darakneta Wufu, mercilessly let people return back. The Patriarch of the Michelando family coldly looked at the Falcons on the opposite side from behind the ruling coalition. This is not the number one coalition. Faced with the Falcon Empire’s army for the first time, but this is the first time that the two sides have had such a head-to-head general battle. From Central Europe, there is news that the Falcon Empire has successfully annexed the Congo and Fei Empire in the central part, allowing the east, which has been passively defensive, to rule. We suddenly realized that if we hadn’t taken any action yet, the imperial army that had taken a shot from the Congo and Africa would soon be pressured. Now if we take the initiative to counterattack, we might be able to take the mountain barrier first.
This is the full force of the ruling coalition forces in the east without any concealment. The troops rushed to the command, bringing news from the command of the coalition center. This time the coalition mobilized 80,000 troops, and because it was a temporary battle, Saron’s troops were only 40,000. The Falcons occupying the ground. Very scary,
The two armies confronted each other for two hours, and the ruling coalition forces in the east have not moved.
" Bastard, what is going on? "Saron's eyes are bloodshot, and it's a hot June Futian that can smother people. For two hours, the heavy armor on her body is hot and the skin is red. In this case, the Falcon Army, which is dominated by heavy units, is obviously at a disadvantage. Seeing the enemy who is calm and like a hill in front, a bad premonition flashes through Salong’s heart. The opponent seems to be in What are you waiting for? At this moment, the messenger of the coalition forces in the distance suddenly dashed all the way from the central main formation, shouting to the soldiers sitting on the ground resting along the way, "Stand up, the whole army is ready to fight!"
Allied soldiers stood up one after another, their armor shining brightly, dazzling, and the sound of the armor blades colliding on their bodies was like a whirlwind blowing in the mountains, with a terrifying aura
"Attention, the enemy is coming up!"
The infantry captains of the Falcon Army shouted loudly, and the soldiers quickly assembled in rows~IndoMTL.com~ The spears in their hands were tightly clenched, looking at the infantry clusters leaning downwards like mountains and seas opposite, soldiers Our breathing is violent and rapid.
The June sun shines on their shoulders wearing dozens of kilograms of heavy armor, like hot soldering irons. In the front row, huge siege shields are braced, and steel shields flash in the sun. After the light is lit, there is a neat forest of guns pressed by the soldiers. The sharp one-foot-long front reveals a chilling murderous in the sunlight. The sharp horizontal spear made of stainless steel forms the second line of defense.
"Killing" the first group of coalition forces has rushed into the narrow mountain area between the two mountains
"Crossbowmen, shoot!" With the shout of order, tens of thousands of imperial crossbowmen stood up from behind the shield wall, their piercing eyes staring at the long line pressing up on the opposite side like arrowheads. The clusters of arrows on the crossbow flew into the air at the same time, like a silver-white light river waterfall falling from the sky towards the narrow mountain.
"Pay attention to the crossbow!" The front row of coalition forces raised their shields, and the gunmen behind them used small round shields to form a scale-like protective wall.
Arrow clusters slammed into the alignment of the coalition forces like a storm, and suddenly fell down. The long arrows brought out the rotating air current, and plunged into the target's body like a rift,
A coalition officer was shot in the middle of the helmet by a cluster of arrows. The cluster of arrows penetrated his forehead. The entire head was exploded, and the body rolled out several meters,
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