Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 42: Cars

The middle-aged gentleman was stunned, and after thinking about it again, it was indeed not very useful. Now the Dominion only has about 10,000 self-defense troops as a standing force, which can only maintain normal law and order. Even if it is expanded several times, compared to It is far from the military strength of the surrounding major powers. Once a conflict arises, there is no way to control the situation. He sighed, lowered his head and stopped talking.

"I know you have good intentions, but since the founding of our country, our self-government has been based on industry and commerce, and has not paid attention to military affairs. Security mainly depends on the balance of power among the three countries. Customs, at present, it may not be possible to change their ideas suddenly. In recent years, the strength of the Pasha people has faintly surpassed that of the other two countries. In the early stage, they obtained a large economically developed area through the conquest of Luzon, and their strength has increased even more. For the most part, if the other two countries do not unite to deal with it, their demise is just around the corner, and the Pasha people will not let us in Liberty City in the end. Our top priority is to promote the rebalancing of the power of the three countries, so that Luzon and Comey It is imperative and the only way out for Nepal to form an alliance to contain the Pasha people. That's why I will spare no effort to facilitate their peace talks and alliance." The Grand Duchess also showed a trace of weakness at this time.

"I understand, but I just think that if we can properly strengthen our military strength, we may be able to add a little weight to our side in the future situation." The middle-aged gentleman put forward his own views.

"The strength of the army will not be effective in a short period of time. Besides, most of the people in our free self-government do not want to join the army. Even if they are recruited by force, it may not be able to achieve the expected goal. If it causes unnecessary suspicion in other countries, it will not be worth the loss. .As long as the Luzon people and the Komini people can form a solid alliance, I think the Pasha people will never dare to think badly about us.” The Grand Duchess saw this very clearly. Before the other two countries are resolved, they will not risk the world's disgrace to invade Liberty City.

"I just hope that boy Frederick will not disappoint me. Someone who can be an enemy of Kutuzov should not be bad." Turning around, he waved his hand to signal that the middle-aged gentleman could step back. muttered to himself.

The luxurious carriage drove out of the ranch smoothly into the dark night, and seemed very satisfied with the success of the negotiation. The young man turned a blind eye to the uneasy expression of the secretary of state next to him. On the back cushion.

The secretary of state next to him felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, casting sideways glances at the young man next to him from time to time, trying to say something but swallowing it back. Finally, his actions affected the young man with a relaxed expression. He looked away from the window. The young man shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Toming, thanks to the fact that you are the Secretary of State next to the Prime Minister, why are you so restless? I am not Have I already told you? I will go to the Prime Minister to explain it, and I will bear all the responsibilities, what? Don’t you still trust me?”

"Major General, you misunderstood. It's not that I can't trust you. It's because I think we have made too many concessions in this negotiation. Only a few thousand captives have asked us to pay such a large ransom, which has never been seen in history. However, our finances are not rich; it is against morality to expel His Royal Highness Burleigh! When His Highness Burleigh came to join us, we took him in as an asylum, but now we want to expel him from the country. It’s not justified by emotion and reason! If the people find out, it will seriously damage the reputation of the Principality. I am very worried about the Prime Minister’s opinion on this matter. In addition, the signing of the covenant cannot be announced to the outside world. It is only a testimony by Grand Duke Catherine. How useful is this?" The Secretary of State finally expressed all his opinions in one breath.

Sighing lightly, the young man was a little disappointed with his father's assistant, so he didn't know how he got into this position with such insight.

"Secretary, regarding the issue of captives, I want to tell you that they are all fighting for the survival of the country. They are all heroic fighters and must be redeemed. I beg more people from Komini, and those who give more can be regarded as spending money to buy peace. As for the issue of Bole, I don’t agree with it. It’s just a private matter in the country. Right now, we can’t even take care of ourselves. , where do you have the energy to take care of other things? Now that his brother has become the Grand Duke, we have done our best not to hand him over to his brother. The reputation problem you mentioned, I am thinking, if even the survival of the country is a problem, I am afraid The issue of reputation can only be put aside." There was a hint of sarcasm in the young man's words, his own survival was not guaranteed, and he was still talking about benevolence, justice, morality, and the image of the country, which is simply ridiculous!

"The matter of the covenant is originally a formality. Announcing it now is useless except to stimulate the Pasha people, not to mention that the Pasha people will know sooner or later. The fulfillment of the covenant depends on the needs of both parties, and there is no dependence on interests. No one will obey the seal of the Shang Dynasty, and if there is a combination of interests and no words, you can still fight with all your strength! Secretary, you don’t understand this truth, right?” The last few words of the young man were a little bit His voice was stern, and the Secretary of State nodded his head again and again.

For a while, there was silence in the carriage, only the creaking sound of the carriage wheels rolling over the road.

"Why is Grand Duke Catherine so active in promoting the reconciliation and alliance between us and the Komini people? She is very smart, because he is aware of the crisis brought about by the strengthening of the Pasha people. Once our two countries, Luzon and Komini, are destroyed, That is the day when Liberty City becomes the new capital of the Pasha people!" After the young man finished speaking a few words, he stopped talking, leaned his body, leaned his head on the cushion, closed his eyes, and fell into silent contemplation.

"Everything is ready, Division Commander, we can send our forces out." Yue Shan carefully inspected his subordinates who were disguised as the crusaders of the Taiping Sect. report.

"Well, let them go, remember to detour to Lulong, farther away but not easy to expose." She Nei also seriously told Yue Shan, who led the team, that Yue Shan would lead an alliance of "Holy Cultists" Go around the mountainous area at the southern end of Lulong Mansion and enter Longdong, and attack Zhegu Pass from the back, forcing the garrison stationed at Zhegu Pass to ask Bonan for help, so that She Nei can lead the army to enter in a fair manner. Before that, Bonan had already sent people into the Partridge Pass

Just as Yue Shan led the troops in disguise to the north across the steep Liupan Mountain detour and marched towards Longdong, the other two troops were also advancing westward without stopping, and followed the established route at a distance of 100 meters from Zhegu Pass. At this time, the "Holy Cult Army" led by Yue Shan got out of the Liupan Mountains and entered the plains after two days and one night of marching. There are still more than 60 miles away from the road leading to the northwest. .

Without seeing each other, the two troops staggered towards a destination in a ignorant manner.

Although the sensitive Zheguguan garrison commander did not have any confidence in defending the fortress, he did not neglect in the scouting of the situation. When the Taiping Sect army appeared in the small town mountain hundreds of miles away from the garrison, he immediately noticed To the opponent's menacing.

After a brief consideration and discussion, several officers quickly reached an agreement, that is, to immediately ask for help from the Northwest Garrison in the west, and quickly send a fast horse straight to Yangmakou sixty miles away. Zhongyang Makou doesn't have many garrisons, but as long as the opponent comes, the responsibility for losing the fortress can be borne by the opponent. After all, the entire Longdong Mansion has been lost for many days, and I was able to "stick" to the Zheguguan Fortress for so long It is very rare to not fall, but the Northwest Army fell as soon as it took over, it is naturally the incompetence of the Northwest Army, and of course the superiors will not blame themselves.

After receiving the letter of appeal for help, the independent Second Division, which was already ready to go, immediately ordered a cavalry regiment to go first, and the light infantry of the other three regiments also followed quickly, and the logistics troops and baggage vehicles followed closely behind. back. Faced with such an "efficient" Northwest Army, the soldiers who came to ask for help had to sigh.

When the officers of the garrison who were waiting for reinforcements from the northwest to come to take over the pass, they were all shocked when they learned that there were as many as 30,000 crusaders advancing towards Zhegu Pass~IndoMTL.com~ The Taiping rebellious army was something they had never expected, and if they were asked to wait a little longer, they would feel that the rebellious army's knives were about to be cut down. Without any discussion, almost all the officers immediately gathered their troops and swarmed from the west gate of the fortress. He went out, completely forgetting his responsibilities.

The common people in the fortress also dragged their children and took care of the old and the young, and joined the ranks of fleeing. After a bag of cigarettes, the Zhegu Pass, which is known as the throat of the northwest, became an empty city.

The oncoming She Nei was completely confused by these fleeing guys, while secretly laughing at Yue Shan's realistic performance, while pretending to express that he must speed up the marching speed of the troops and must not let the rebels control the Zhegu Pass. He never imagined that what he was about to face would be the real Taiping Sect army. In his mind, he simply dismissed the information obtained by the garrison scouts. Such a timid scout actually expanded the number of camouflaged troops he sent. How could this not make him feel ridiculous.

While ordering the cavalry regiment to advance quickly and enter the Zhegu Pass, and at the same time asking the infantry regiment to keep up with the progress, She Nei personally led the cavalry to gallop on horseback, hoping to occupy the Partridge Pass as soon as possible.

At almost the same time, the Tanma of the Taiping Sect also discovered that their target was an unguarded empty city. The overjoyed commander immediately ordered the ten thousand cavalry team to divide into five thousand people to quickly enter the fortress. The rest of the troops maintained their original marching speed and rushed towards Zhegu Pass according to the established plan.

Since the two torrents were separated by a pass, and because they had no idea that both sides would attack this pass at the same time, they finally collided head-on without knowing it. But they coincidentally launched a **** battle of life and death for their own interests.