Power and Empire Chapter 713: The decision of the South (1)

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South of Paravin, Dries City

The sky has always looked a little melancholy, the sky is always gloomy, without the slightest sunlight, but it never rains. Although it is already September’s weather, it still feels a little bit hot,

I don't know if it is because the civil war in Paravin makes people feel hot and uneasy, or because the weather is really sultry. The water of the Salin River flows quietly in the middle of the city of Dries, and it can't take away the feeling of heat and humidity.

In the outer cities in the southern part of Paravin, Dries is the smallest city. At the time of the largest inhabitants in history, there was only a permanent population of less than 20,000.

Compared with the million people once owned by the majestic Palavin, even the small dd is not counted as a market town at most.

However, the continuous year of war has caused the population of several other cities to decline rapidly. Instead, it is the remote location of Dries. Because it is far from the core of the battlefield, it has preserved a relatively large population, so there are a little signs of a city here.

However, when the banner of the civil war floated on the Paravin Plain, even the remote Dries felt the pace of the war approaching, and the atmosphere of the war became more and more intense.

A large number of troops gathered on the city head and city streets of Dries. There are peasants wearing ragged leather armor, and there are knights wearing red armor and red tassel helmets.

This is the base camp of the Third Army of the Southern Noble Army. Because of the Balanril massacre that shocked the entire aristocratic army, these little aristocrats from the south suddenly realized that the war was really coming. This time It’s the Dongting people, next time it might be the Northern Falcon Dynasty, or the Crusaders. If the forces are dispersed like Balanil and commanded separately, the end result will be all over.

Pressure determines the motivation. Under this consensus, the noble army without a leader made a unanimous decision. In order to avoid similar tragedies, 80,000 noble troops were reorganized and merged into four according to the counties in the south. Big Legion

The residents of Dres City, who had been terrified by the war, discovered that since yesterday, a large number of troops have been stationed in Dres City one after another. As the army is stationed, there are also many high-ranking officers in the army. All of them are big men with shining gold stars on their epaulettes and medals on their chests. It seems that all the big figures in the kingdom have moved here all of a sudden

Dries’s alertness has reached an unprecedented level. Three steps and one guard on the wall, five steps and one guard, the patrol in the city has also been encrypted several times. Residents in the city are only allowed to enter but not to leave. Even if the family is dead, they must be temporarily placed in the city. At the gates of the four cities, noble knights and peasants and soldiers stand on guard, and even a sparrow cannot fly out.

The most closely guarded place is naturally the former city hall of Dries, the brick building that was almost destroyed by the war. The first official plenary meeting of the Noble Army was held here.

Although there have been several plenary meetings before, they were all under the leadership of the Marquis of Burdak. Those who participated in the meeting were also the leaders who were still recovering from their injuries in Kyoto. This time, all those who participated in the meeting were It is the newly elected corps commanders who are already familiar with each other, but when the representatives of various regions enter the conference hall, each representative can still feel the heavy atmosphere.

Fortunately. Although the floor brick building of the conference hall looks a bit old and obsolete, it has driven away a lot of stuffiness, so that the delegates at the conference no longer need to wipe their sweat frequently.

Especially for the female representatives, it is undoubtedly a big gospel. The legion commander elected here, the Duchess of Birhamming from the Sagos region is undoubtedly the most eye-catching, as the seventh former Swadian The third wife of the knight commander, this beautiful woman who is only about 25 years old, no matter where she goes, she is enough to attract the attention of a male animal

But she has the strongest strength in her hands. She has 7,000 elite soldiers in the noble army, of which 4,000 are the old foundations of the regular army of the 7th Knights.

At the time when the Swadian royal family decided to cede the southern Suruo area to the Nords without authorization, the Seventh Knights had been surrounded by the Ruders in a fort for 2 months,

The army of 30,000 people was only beaten to less than 5,000 people, but this tenacious army, with its strong will, unyielding fighting style, and broken fortress walls, brought down 60,000 German troops. Nailed firmly on the border of Suluo, until the end of the war, the Rude people never stepped across the border of Suluo

Because of the severance of the news, even the Swadian Military Affairs Department thought that the Seventh Knights had been wiped out. The name of the Duke of Birhamming was posted on the death notice of the Military Affairs Department in January.

In the end, it was during secret negotiations that Swadian learned from the rude population that the Seventh Knights, who had been expected to be annihilated, were still insisting on their defense zone. In order to show their sincerity, Rui The Erdian Military Affairs Department personally issued an order that the Seventh Knights could not accept,

After receiving an order from the Swadian royal family to request the Seventh Knights to surrender and disarm on the spot, the injured Duke of Birhamming angrily chose to commit suicide and defend his dignity with death.

The seventh knights who lost their commander-in-chief and were destroyed by four-fifths of their troops by the Rudd have also become a stain that must be covered by the Swadian Military Affairs Department.

A brave and fearless legion was besieged for 2 months in order to defend the border of the kingdom, but was unable to get any rescue. If such news spreads, it will have the prestige of the Swadian Military Affairs Department and the stable emotions of other legionnaires. , Will be a fatal blow,

At that time, it was a critical moment when the East Court Cavalry went straight into Ye Ruige, and the Ministry of Military Affairs urgently needed to mobilize the Southern Army northward. Such fluctuations were enough to shake the entire defense line.

The Marquis of Poland Sith, the undersecretary of the Swadian Military Affairs Department, who came to take over, can only regretfully express to the survivors of the Seventh Knights that the Seventh Knights have been reported to His Majesty the King as damage from the battle. Not only will His Majesty be furious, even those heroic soldiers who died in battle will also be unable to get compensation because of their defeated status.

Anyway, few of the Seventh Knights have been beaten, and the Ministry of Military Affairs is unable to mobilize extra power to restore the Seventh Knights. It is better to swear allegiance to the widow of the Duke of Burnham and become a private army of the lord. , So that the war dead can still get a gold coin as compensation, and the surviving soldiers can also get a place to settle

"We are willing to guard for Lord Birhamming"

There is hardly any confusion. The 4,000 veterans who survived the war became the loyalists of the Birhamming family. The southern drought has a great impact on the Marquis of Birhamming. The Marquise of Hamming canceled all taxes that year. Despite this, she still could not withstand the impact of this natural disaster. The consumption of more than 4,000 people is useless no matter how we save it.

In order to find a way out for the remaining soldiers for her husband, and to prevent the cannibalism of the citizens of the territory, the widow of the Birham Ming family resolutely decided to join the Southern Aristocratic Army, and the 4,000 men cherished the kingdom The Birhamming Private Army composed of resentful veterans and three thousand citizens has also become her most loyal soldier,

Because of the lack of power, when the original leader of the Southern Noble Army was elected, the widow of the Birham Ming family said indifferently that she went north to find a way to survive in this year of drought. I was not interested in entering Beijing to govern, so I did not become one of the leaders who entered Kyoto

But now it’s different. The nobles in the Sagos region without a leader naturally thought of this powerful widow. This time the meeting was attended by the Marquis of Clemda from the Ruli region. He has his deputy, General Selepe, General Tazar from Harassa, and his deputy Tostao, and Ruida, the bandit leader from the southern mountains.

As soon as the meeting started, it was full of tension. Ruida, who was born as a bandit, fired at first, criticizing other lords’ army for discriminating against his army. The 4,000 people killed by the Dongting people in Balanil were all his subordinates.

When he encircled and suppressed the Dongting people, he was the one who suffered the most casualties. He had an army of more than 8,000 bandits made up of southern refugees. For this guy who brought mobs around and plundered the territory, the lords of all places have always been I look down on him very much, and naturally I won’t see him very much, resulting in heavy casualties of the Ruida army, which was hit by the Dongting people.

Raida gets more and more excited as she speaks. He simply stood up, ripped open the hole in his shirt, exposed his chest full of tattoos, patted the table and said loudly, "I just want to know, according to the agreement, when will the other troops that have merged into my Second Army arrive? The legions are already in place, but what about my people?"

He is a young man in his thirties, with a tall stature, well-developed limbs, strong Kong Wu, and a fierce and fierce light flashing in his eyes. His own martial arts are good, so every movement and every look in his eyes carries a very harsh murderous aura. To him, killing is a commonplace thing, and he won't even frown.

However, no one here cares about Ruida's questioning, and even an obvious expression is too lazy to give.

Cold field.

No one answered.

Except for Ruida's weird face, no one seemed to hear anything.

Although Ruida is fierce, she also knows that these people in front of her can't afford to provoke her. It's okay to be aggressive with her mouth, but if she really makes a fuss, she must be at a disadvantage, so she has to grunt heavily in her nose, and then Sit down and made a look of contempt for a man next to him. It was the Marquis of Klemda, the commander of the Fourth Army. Before forming the coalition army~IndoMTL.com~ Klemda used to take his family's private army. Almost chased Ruida with nowhere to go,

Now Ruida feels that he can sit on an equal footing with these noble lords. It is inevitable that he is a bit domineering and arrogant. He held the conference table with both hands and said slowly

"I won’t say more about the rhetoric, and I don’t want to listen. My defense zone is the closest to the mountain road exit that connects to the north. The combat effectiveness of is recognized as strong. If you don’t actively cooperate, we will completely become the captives of the Vikings in less than a month. At that time, the Vikings will implement various strategies for defeating you. I must presumably everyone too. It's uncomfortable."

Still cold, no one answered.

However, the expression on his face has slightly changed.

"What does the Lord Narada think we should do?" The cold-faced Marquise of Birhamming raised her head and asked. She did not expect that today's meeting would begin with such a situation, which was indeed unexpected. Outside,

The reticence of other representatives around made her feel uncomfortable, although Ruida's previous behavior was not noble. But now after all, it’s a person on a boat, the least courtesy is still necessary,