Power and Empire Chapter 186: Surprise (1)
Riwading in the dark night is as quiet as ever, the south gate of Riwading, under the bright bonfire of the city, the new head of the tenth banner, Salon, standing straight at the entrance of the south gate suspension bridge, muddy one-eyed In the dark night, the bloodthirsty swords crossed their backs, like a big mountain, standing in the cold wind of late autumn.
The Tenth Banner Regiment belongs to the headquarters of the corps. It has three combat battalions with a number of 6,000. It is the first unit equipped with horizontal spears and improved infantry crossbows. It is the most combative of the newly formed Samor Guards Corps. Most of the flag regiments were veterans, and they did not take part in the southern campaign because they were taking a break some time ago.
The sound of horse hooves sounded deep in the darkness. In the light of the fire, the fat man leaped on the suspension bridge outside the city on a war horse, and Saran hurriedly greeted him, and saluted the oncoming fat man with a straight stature
"Legion Commander, Tenth Banner Commander Salon will report to you!" As the old guard captain, Salon prefers to call the fat man the army commander. The fat man stopped his horseshoe in front of Salon, his whip lightly touched Salon's shoulder, as a reward, his voice solemnly said, "Old friend, don't be unharmed, do you know why I am so urgent to transfer you back to Riwading?"
"Please forgive your subordinates for being stupid, they really don't understand!" Salon was full of doubts. She was also at a loss for the transfer order this time. The southern campaign has ended, but my lord seems to be still in combat. This time it is the highest level of red jersey feathers. This is an emergency dispatch order that was used during wartime.
Fatty got off the horse and handed the whip to the guard beside him. Sauron quickly followed. In the silent night, only the sound of stones rubbing under his feet was heard.
"I received a report from the Northern Legion, Caesar Sauron, that the private army of aristocrats who had been driven out from Kyoto appeared in the northern suburbs of Kyoto during this period. The will of many aristocrats in Kyoto was shaking. People, we must clean up, before again, we must first pull out the power of the private army nobles"
"My lord, just give me orders" Salong said firmly, "As long as the lord gives an order, there is a forest of swords, seas and guns in front of me, and I will never back down!"
"Very good! What I want is your words!" The fat man nodded in satisfaction, and the voice was paused. A meaningful look made a look on Salong's body. Salong felt hairy in his heart. Fatty Generally speaking, there will never be any good things. Salong has the feeling of falling into a pit
"This time I am looking for you, I am going to let the Tenth Banner Group enter the Hulaban area. I want to completely solve the hidden danger of the private army nobles"
"Pohurraban!" Salong's face was stunned, and he felt a chill behind his back, and his face was embarrassed. "Isn't there the base camp of the private army nobles? With the strength of my banner regiment, I'm afraid..."
"Why? You are sometimes afraid of Saron!" The fat man smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Yes, you are right! There are really too few flag regiments, but if a large force is overwhelmed, I am afraid that the private army nobles will continue to flee. , This will leave a lot of hidden dangers to Satsuma’s overall plan!"
"Look at this first!" The fat man took out a map from his arms and handed it to the puzzled Salon. "This is the map of Phoraban sent by the Northern Army Corps. It is marked with four noble private troops stationed. The position of the banner group is a bit too difficult for you to deal with four, but if you only need to deal with two of them, the tenth banner group should have no problem"
"To deal with two flag regiments?" Salon looked at the map with an ugly expression. Although his flag regiment is strong, but after all, there are only 6,000 people, and a private army's flag regiment has tens of thousands of people.
6,000 vs. 20,000, Saraon couldn’t help but feel bitter, "This battle is really not a battle!" Salong muttered to himself, "My lord is not playing tricks on me. These four flag regiments are based on the road. A quadrangular shape firmly blocks the northern passage. It only takes half a day to support each other. If I only meet the enemy, I will be surrounded by a swarm of reinforcements, not to mention that there is an elite light cavalry regiment inside."
"I will arrange this." The fat man's face was slightly angry and scared that Salon did not dare to speak, and respectfully took the whip from the guard and handed it to the fat man, "You only need to drive the troops to the northern border according to the order. Just wait for the attack order!"
"Remember, the focus of this battle is suddenness. If you want to come back alive, you have to be swift in your hands and feet." The fat man turned on his horse, looked at Saron with a distressed look, and said, I will be there. When the private army nobles think of it most, give them a fatal blow! Occupy the Bohula board and open the gate to the northern part of the kingdom. It all depends on your performance! "
In the early morning of late autumn, the fog permeated the city like a flowing leucorrhea. From 3 o’clock in the morning, the busy Riwading outer city has already been hustle and bustle. The unloading carriages, the arriving merchant ships, bundles of bundles The goods were hoisted from the merchant ships, and the carriages for transporting the goods have lined up at the trading station outside the city. The large trading station outside the city has been expanded three times. It is still unable to meet the needs of the business people. Many merchants and goods choose to go there. Overnight in a small town on the outskirts of Rivadin
The six stone bridges outside the city are full of crowded horse-drawn carriages, and only the seventh Satsuma military-dedicated passage can occasionally see the military horses passing by, but that is the Sats-marry military-dedicated passage. , Even if it is empty, absolutely no one dares to step on that stone bridge.
The congested road made Jones Nellie and Long Schimore look melancholy. The red sun in the morning had already risen above the clouds. This morning, Fatty promised to give himself a surprise, but his carriage was embarrassed. Blocked at the gate of the city, it is difficult to move forward one step, and can only wait for the carriage in front to move forward slowly
Anxiety and depression stuck in Jones Nellie’s chest, and she looked at the slow-moving elder outside from time to time
"You need to know how many carriages are in the morning, and I didn't live in Crisk Manor last night." Long Siqi Moore saw Jones Nellie frowning, and couldn't help feeling guilty. Cousin Jones felt sorry for the mysterious Harissa. The friendship of the deacon can be seen even by the blind
"It’s nothing! I didn’t expect that Riwading’s morning would be so lively.” Jones Nellie had an awkward smile on her face. Although she had been to Riwading several times, she really encountered a traffic jam in Riwading’s morning. For the first time, I used to live in an inner city with less crowds. I never expected that the outer city would be so lively.
Jones Nellie was secretly anxious, but still insisted, "That fat man always likes to deceive people. This time, letting him wait for us in the business alliance alone is a punishment for his lies!"
There was a sound of horseshoes from outside the carriage, and Jones Nellie saw the two guards left by the fat man yesterday appearing on the back of the business road.
"Honorable lady!" The two guards saluted Jones Nellie with embarrassed faces, and their hair was soaked in the morning dew because of the hurry.
"I'm so sorry, the servant of Chris Ke's family forgot to wake us up and let the two noble ladies go on the road first! What a dereliction of duty!"
It turns out that last night, Jones Nellie and Longschi Moore did not rest in Riwading City, but rested at Kriske Manor outside the city. They departed from Kriske Manor before dawn in the early morning. , Because it was too early, the servants did not wake up the two guards, who knew they would be blocked at the gate of the city
"It's nothing! I told the servants not to disturb your rest!" Jones Nellie was full of apologies, and the two guards quickly bowed their heads in return. They looked at the congested dragon and knew that they were in a traffic jam in Zivadin. Secretly by luck, if it weren't for the governor who didn't run into a traffic jam and found that there were no guards following him, he would definitely not spare himself lightly.
"Please come with us!" The guard waved to the coachman, motioning the coach to follow him to the empty seventh lane,
Seeing a carriage with an unfamiliar coat of arms leaving the long queue and driving towards the special seventh lane, many businessmen showed weird smiles.
This kind of unruly foreign carriage can be seen almost every day, every time it goes arrogantly, and then is driven back like a dog by Satsuma Castle, and then honestly re-arranged at the back. It has become a fun item for businessmen who often line up. Seeing that the carriage is about to open to the seventh channel, some people even opened a gambling market.
"One loses two, I bet that idiot will be driven out by the city guard in less than a minute!"
Everyone likes to watch others eat stalemate, especially those who are arrogant and consider themselves more noble than others
The carriage slowly drove up the stone bridge, and Jones Nellie found that the window was quiet, and curiously opened the curtains gently, startled by the sight outside,
Time seems to have been static. In the hundreds of carriages on the other six passages, countless heads protruded at the same time. Even the city guards who were inspecting stopped their work, and everyone turned their heads like this. I looked at my carriage stupidly, as if I saw something rare
Jones Nellie felt the terrible silence beside the carriage. The empty stone bridge crossed under the wheels. The crowded carriage had disappeared. There were no carriages in front of or behind her.
This weird phenomenon made Jones Nellie's scalp numb, the carriage suddenly shook, and the wheels drove onto the bridge. A stone bridge pier slipped past Jones Nellie's eyes, engraved with the symbol of the flying falcon of the Summer Falcon. , On the side of the bridge pier, you can still see dry black bloodstains
"Seventh Pass!" Jones Nellie was shocked by the stone pier in front of her, and suddenly knew why so many people were watching her carriage. This is the seventh pass! The Satsuma military channel, except for the Satsuma soldiers, no one is allowed to occupy this channel,
There used to be an unruly foreign nobleman who was beheaded by the Satsuma army on this special passage. The Satsuma did not wash away the blood on the bridge piers, just to warn others that they wanted to walk with the stone pier as the line This road has to pay the price of blood!
"What's wrong with you cousin Jones? What's wrong outside?" Long Schimore, who looked at Jones Nellie's face suddenly turned pale, asked in surprise~IndoMTL.com~The carriage stopped suddenly, Jonesny Before Li could answer, the voice of the city guard came from outside, "Stop now! This is the Satsuma military passage, please show your ID"
Through the raised curtains, Longschimore saw a group of heavily armed city guards blocking the carriage. The dense spears formed a wall of guns. The back two rows of crossbowmen were squatting and aiming. , The scared Longschimore's face was pale, and his voice was crying
"What's going on, why are we here!"
"This is the carriage of the Governor's Mansion", the guards who led the way had cold eyes, looked at the captain of the city guard who was waiting, and took out the guard token from his arms and handed it over. "This is the adult's collaborator, it's Samor Distinguished guests, get out of the way immediately! If something goes wrong, be careful of the orders from the Governor's Mansion!"
"Governor's Mansion!" The captain of the city guard felt his scalp numb and cold sweat broke out, only to realize that the two men in front of him were obviously Satsuma guards. Although they were dressed differently, the sword representing the guards was hung on his waist. The sturdy blood can be felt even one meter away
There is only one person who can get in and out of the seventh passage in a horse-drawn carriage in Satsuma, that is, the governor. Even the head of the flag is not qualified to ride the seventh passage in a horse-drawn carriage, isn’t it? . . . . . . The sweat on the head of the city guard only dropped, but his body was cold as ice, and his face hesitated and quickly waved to the city guards behind him
"Get out, get out quickly, don't obstruct the passage of adults!"
The city guards quickly stepped out of the road, letting the carriage pass with respect,
"Isn't it! Just go in?" Everyone who craned their necks outside the city, waiting to see the joke, looked at the carriage in disbelief, slowly disappearing into the city road of the seventh passage
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