Power and Empire Chapter 1658: Grid (3)

"But my lord, our army will take over the Eighth Army and millions of urban populations. What should we do about the food problem?" The adjutant heard Hasen Rambo's words and said hesitantly, "Our army is already in short supply. With such a burden on our back, even if our army is good at fighting, I am afraid it will get into trouble!"

"Don't worry, it may not be bad!" Hasenlandbo smiled, "Don't forget, the north of Rusty is the grain-producing area Biroz, the distance from us is very short, and it’s just a round trip. In a few days, our army can send people to Birushi to mobilize rations for emergency. I will request this from the Ministry of Military Affairs. If everything goes well, the food may be tight, but at least it will not be completely out of food, as long as it can be delayed. After this period of relaxation, our other reinforcements can arrive, and a battle with the northwestern rebels is also possible!"

"Birushi? Well, my lord really has a keen eye! The adjutant nodded. The area of ​​Biroshi that Hasenlandbo said was a well-known grain-producing area in the empire. Sè specialties are important goods for the Gaul Kyoto. In the 300-year history after the establishment of the Gaul Empire, there has been no foreign war, which can threaten this area located in the heart of the empire. It can be appointed as a bidder. The governor of the Russ region has always been a fat man among the internal officials of the empire.

When the western part of the Gaul Empire was in the midst of fierce warfare, the Birus region was still a peaceful atmosphere. In the mist and rainbow, faintly exposed pointed roofs, round statues, white marble steles, wide and straight streets, and white paths paved with cobblestones, no matter who you are. In sight, it is definitely an ancient, peaceful, beautiful and warm city. The current Governor of Pyrus is the Duke of Jadaliu,

This is a regional governor who is famous for his love of wine and women. Although he looks very strong, he is 1.9 meters tall and weighs more than one hundred kilograms. The red eyes and bearded bazaar's face left most people with the first impression that this is a red bear from the northern wilderness.

In the peaceful era, the strong physique of the Lord Duke was mostly used to taste red wine and cigars, or to help those young and beautiful girls become real women. For the war, the Duke of Yadaliu felt that it was impossible at all,

This is the hinterland of the empire, 1400 miles from the border of the empire. Across the two heavily stationed provinces, even if the enemy army invades, they cannot come here. Rather than spend jīng efforts to consider this impossible thing, it is better to have fun in time

However, these days, the Duke of Yadaliu always feels that his eyelids are twitching. He has heard that the offensive of the Northwest rebels is very fierce, and there are rumors everywhere that the Southwest has been occupied by the Northwest rebels. The critical Rusty area was ignited by half of the area. The imperial army suffered heavy losses in the Rusty area. It seems that this situation was not mentioned in the battle reports within the empire.

Instead, it means that the emperor's army is advancing violently, and the northwestern rebels fled in embarrassment. All the ministers are congratulating His Majesty on the celebration, which is prosperous and prosperous. The military is more powerful than any previous period of prosperity

The Duke of Yadaliu was also going to Kyoto to participate in the celebration. He even prepared a gorgeous carriage inlaid with precious stones a month ago as a gift to the important ministers of Kyoto. There are also 40 beautiful girls as gifts to the young emperor. These girls are carefully selected by him. After strict etiquette training, they look perfect in every aspect. He heard that they are not The governors of a few places are doing this. His Majesty does not have a queen or even a concubine. If a few of his own people are still untimely stuffed in, it is really a joke of his own future.

But the order from Kyoto to let him stay in the local area seems to confirm the rumors that the Northwestern rebels will not really come here, right? On the one hand, Duke Yadaliu was disappointed, but he was hesitant in his heart. Kyoto asked him to prepare for logistics, which made him a little uneasy even when he was enjoying women.

"If it is the same as in the battle report, do you still need your own province of Birus to prepare for the battle?"

This kind of thinking makes what he feels most like doing become dull. He had experienced wars before, when he was young, when he had just graduated from the Imperial College and was ordered to work in the Southwest. The war between Southwest and Gangfei broke out on the second day of his arrival. In just a few days, all the beautiful and peaceful things were broken

A large number of young adults were forcibly recruited into the army, ready to accept the test of death. A large number of materials have also been forcibly hoarded, especially strategic materials such as grain and forage. Most shops were forced to close because there was no source of goods and no patrons from customers. Many residents began to feel the cruelty of the war, because there were fewer materials and higher prices. There are more and more news in the news that the Empire has an army to win a complete victory.

However, the list of casualties and missing persons is plastered all over the stone wall in front of the Southwest General’s Mansion, and every time it is posted there are hundreds or thousands of names, densely packed and stretched into one piece. The relatives cried loudly in front of the stone wall. Grief and yùjue made this stone wall a veritable wall of tears. The tragic cry can stretch two or three kilometers away. It is also there. An aristocratic girl he has always loved secretly, in the chaos of war, is like the autumn wind. Withered like leaves

If possible, Duke Yadaliu hopes that he will not be involved in war for the rest of his life. No one wants to experience that kind of hell-like scene again,

In the local Governor’s Mansion, the scene of drunkenness and dreams is also being staged at this moment. The smell of red wine and cigar are fused together, intertwined into an alluring taste, seeping through the gaps in the sealed window paper, A dash of coolness slowly drifted away in the night breeze.

At the entrance of the hall, there are knights wearing full armor standing, and luxurious carriages parked in Quang Binh. If there were not military patrols symbolizing xìng along the way, no one would think that it was just the site of a military meeting. , But this is that, compared with the frontline swords and the regular army’s rigorous formations, the military meetings of the local army are often linked to banquets and banquets

In the spacious banquet hall, low and sad dance music reverberated gently, but no one was dancing on the dance floor. Only a few beautiful dancers danced on the stage next to the dance floor, their graceful postures. Gorgeous costumes and charming gestures reflect a very professional level of dance. In the interior of the Gaul Empire, there are unified dance schools, drama schools, and even fighting schools. Most of these schools are recruited from commoners and little nobles. Students, mainly to provide entertainment for the nobles,

A nobleman wearing a local military uniform. Holding wine glasses in his hands, each standing with people he knows with a smile on his face, beside the dance floor, there are only six small round tables, beside each small round table, there are only four carved mahogany armchairs, almost all of them sit. Full,

The number of local military officers participating in the military meeting this time is as many as 100. This is why the local military meetings are often tied to banquets. There are too many people. Regardless of whether it is a post or a vacant post, at any rate, it is a nobleman with a name and a surname in the area, and many people are in contact with those big families in Kyoto. Even the local governor would not dare to offend these people at will. Instead of taking it seriously, it is better to summon everyone like a banquet, and everyone can discuss it happily. Anyway, there will never be a real war, nothing more than a matter of conflict of interests.

"Have you heard? Even the Sixth Army of the Imperial Tigers is dispatched this time!" The discussion among local officers was not small. The recent wars in the western part of the empire belonged to the blockade. In critical areas, I still have some understanding of Rusty’s battle situation.

"No, isn't it true that our emperor has mobilized an army of 200,000 this time to quell the northwestern rebels?"

"It's hard to say, after all, the Northwestern rebels are too defiant!" Some nobles said hesitantly, "I heard that the Eighth Army has suffered heavy losses this time!"

"pop" The door of the banquet hall was pushed open, and a thin old man walked in. He was dressed in a straight local military uniform. His chest was hung with a dozen medals representing outstanding military exploits. He looked very physically fit. Hard, jīng spirit is also very strong, the eyes are piercing in the sunken eye sockets

"Speak down, it's Lord Tarnick!" The nobles who were talking in a low voice closed their voices.

This old man is Tanick. He is an old general who retired from the first-line army only three years ago. He used to serve in the Second Army of the Empire and was an officer to the commander of the Third Infantry. He is a truly war-fighting figure. Because his body is getting old and his physical strength is difficult to support field operations, he was transferred from the frontline army to the local army and served as the head of military affairs in the Biroz region. It is said that this person has a close relationship with the current Deputy Chief of the Gaul Military Department, Duke Lazare.

Compared with the local governor, the Duke of Yadaliu, Tanick looks much thinner, but he is a real soldier.

In the past two to thirty years, he has repeatedly fought on the battlefield, and his body has been scarred and wounded. Although he has outstanding military service, he has strict self-discipline. If it is not a special situation, he will rarely appear in regional military meetings similar to banquets. He has his own local military conference room, which is as serious as a regular army. There was once a place. Because the officer was one minute late, he was ordered to be beaten ten times with a whip in accordance with the military order. For most local officers who have been slacking in, Tanick is simply a devil, but the local officers are also fortunate. It is this Tarnick military officer who is still very partial to the local military affairs.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet!"

Seeing Tanick's arrival, Governor Ya Daliu told the dancing dancers to retreat. When everyone was quiet, he waved his hand to his adjutant. "Get the order of the military department!" The adjutant hurriedly. Coming in, handing over an order, Duke Yadali opened the order book in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and passed the order to Tanick, who is in charge of military affairs." Your Excellency, take a look, the latest order is very helpful to us. Not good!"

This order has just been sent from the Rusty area. It requires the Beruss region to enter a state of readiness and form a garrison of 20,000 people. If necessary, you need to go to the Rusty area and accept the front-line commander Hasen. Rimbaud's dispatch. At the same time, the order also requires us to mobilize all the resources and forces in the entire Prussian region to be responsible for supporting Hasen Rambo's operations on the front line, including personnel supplementation and logistical supplies. Throughout the battle,

"Are we responsible for all the supplies? Is Hasen Rambo of the Sixth Army a bit crazy? He Hasen Rambo is a legion commander, but it does not mean that he is a local governor. He has no power to order like this." Nick is worthy of being an experienced military officer. He quickly read the key points from this order.

"This is exactly what I was worried about!" Ya Daliu looked at Tanick, his face also looked unnatural, frowned and said, "Although the Birus region is not a first-line combat province, it also has more than 20,000 The local army is standing, so it is not a problem to form a garrison. But it is difficult to say that the entire province must be mobilized to support the operation in the Rusty area. The Rusty area has two main battle armies of the empire, and an imperial army of nearly 200,000. , This is not something that a province can do, so I can’t understand what the chief of the legion really means?"

"As the defense of the empire, the Rusty area has always had its own food stocks! As far as I know, these food stocks should be enough for front-line use," Tanick said for sure

"That's not necessarily true! "The Duke of Yadaliu gloomily flipped the report in his hand, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly." It's not a secret in the local army to work with local grain storage. And neither do I. I think the guys in Rusty did not do this! And according to the news we got in Rusty, the Northwestern rebels burned most of the new food in Rusty, you know, what that means... ."

"His, no, that's not killing people!"

Tanick glanced at the letter in his hand again, took a deep breath of cold air on his thin face, and his face suddenly turned pale, which is no wonder. As the commander of the army, Hasen Rambo will be so impatient to leapfrog and give orders. It is really anxious.

Although he has not been here for a long time, since he has stepped into the quagmire of the local army. Moreover, he is also the highest military commander of a local army, so he naturally knows a little bit about the tricks inside. The 200,000 army is trapped in a land without food. How can this battle be fought?

There must have been a problem with the Sixth Army.

"That's why I found everyone!" The Duke of Yadaliu's reaction was not as great as Tanick's, as the head of the local nobles. The first thing he thought of was to take care of the interests of the local people. This year, the income from food in the province of Russ was lower than that of the province, and it was a province directly under the jurisdiction of the Emperor. Three-fourths of the food in Russ must be handed in, and what can be left is only enough for dozens of nobles. To bear the battle of 200,000 troops at a time, is tantamount to directly pressing a child on the shoulders of a child. For barbells weighing up to 100 kg

Although the commander of the legion did not have great pressure on the governor of his area, he had to be very cautious when he thought that Rusty involved His Majesty the Emperor this time.

It seems that I was still worrying about something. After thinking about it painfully for a long time, Duke Yadaliu said hesitatingly, "This matter must be one of us. If there is a problem with one person, everyone will have a hard time. If it’s a minor one, I’m afraid to become a scapegoat for some people, and everyone will die by then!"

"Then what do you want to do?"

A trace of pain appeared on Tanick’s face. As a soldier, he knew what his current attitude meant, but he couldn’t help but hesitate when he thought of the terrible consequences of this incident. This incident was too much involved. Once exposed, how many local troops in the empire, the tumbling heads must be counted in the thousands, Hasen Rambo! What do you want to do?

"After all, this is an order issued by a corps commander who is fighting. If we do not execute it at all, we will violate the military order. If it is executed, we will be ruined even if we bankrupt." Duke Yadali said decisively." So we only have to drag,

Please lead the army this time, and delay as much as possible on the road, the army can set off first. Start with a big fanfare, but you have to walk slowly. You can spend more time on the road and watch as you walk. We can pretend to be halfway down the road and then suddenly remember that we have not brought enough rations, so we send someone back. Then the army returned to the escort. It took half a month to come and go. We are a local army, and the requirements must not be too high. Without actual combat experience, it is inevitable to make some mistakes. . . . . . And in the past half month, we have been collecting local food, and we can help a little bit! "

"What if Rusty's line of defense collapses?" Tanick said with an ugly face

"Ahem~IndoMTL.com~ Your Excellency thinks that the 200,000 empire army will be defeated by the Northwestern Rebels in half a month?"

The Duke of Yadaliu deliberately pretended to be a surprised god, and the meaning on his face was like saying, this is too joking! Explained, "Master Tanick thinks too much, we just try to reduce the amount of support, not to say that we do not support at all! After all, relying on our strength can not be all on our shoulders, this is also the case. Everyone means, after all, everyone is a soldier of the empire, will they ignore the life and death of the empire’s army?"

"Yes, we are also soldiers, so naturally we won't just sit back and watch, but we have to do our best." The local officers below quickly conformed to the Tao.

"Okay, let me do my best!" Under the ardent gaze of everyone, Tanick finally clicked on him helplessly. When he saw him loose and agreed, everyone's faces showed a happy expression.

"Well, what are you waiting for here, come, play music, let's start the banquet!"

The Duke of Yadaliu laughed luxuriously and shouted to everyone who had been waiting for a long time. The melodious music reminded me again that countless girls in beautiful long skirts walked into the arena like butterflies, drunk and dreaming. , Who else remembers that the frontline soldiers are still starving (to be continued...)