Chapter 71
Returning with a Disappointment
A few hours later, when the obstacles in the direction of the marching were jointly cleared by soldiers and magicians, messages from all sides came again. What everyone was depressed was that all the captured prisoners dug out from the "Group of Burials" answered in unison not the lords here, but the team of a powerful thief nearby. The cavalry, through a large number of reconnaissance, showed that they all ran into the barracks near Crescent City. The escaped infantry, the complete division hid directly into the city, and those who escaped from the magicians were spared from being killed, were accidentally killed on the way to escape, leaving no one left.
"Fuck, this is simply a civil war of open fire! What kind of thieves are there? If there is such a thieves, then the businessmen in the empire will have to wait for death? These people are clearly all the people... the trusted confidants of the dead money ghost. Lord, we simply destroyed the three cavalry divisions and the infantry divisions in the city. Let's see how they will be arrogant in the future." After hearing these words, a division commander stood up and shouted that he wanted to destroy the troops that were attacking and attempting to attack ours.
"Why should we attack them? What about the evidence? Do we just rely on the soldiers who believe they are thieves to insist that those troops were sneak attacking our troops? Or we attacked there, and then were put on a hat to attack friendly forces, or even further accused of treason?" After waving his subordinates to sit down, Bavel also felt a headache. Without evidence, he would not do anything.
"But we just let it go? Although we did not suffer any losses, how could the Lord be able to swallow this tone? At least we should teach them a lesson as he told Lord Sach, so that those guys would know that we are not easy to mess with. Or we should learn from them, tear off the army marks and badges, and fuck them just... "
"This idea is not to say that it is not possible..." The last sentence of the division commander obviously touched the nerves of several supreme commanders.
"Sir, absolutely not. I know you can't swallow this, but doing so may put us in a bigger crisis. They are high and far away. It may be difficult for you to find any problems in the imperial capital, let alone in the local military system. But we are directly affiliated with the imperial capital. Can you guarantee that in the place where the conflicts in secret are so fierce, the other two forces will not send people to our military system?
Not to mention the minister of finance, even the minister of military affairs learned that we were attacking the defenders of Crescent City, wouldn’t they have been putting in the wrong hands? At that time, even if the attack on both sides, even Your Majesty will not be able to protect us. Even the other party raised up as a reason, wouldn’t we harm Your Majesty?” If Sac attacked the defenders of Crescent City, once this news leaked, then what I said would definitely become a reality.
"What do Hanlong have any opinions? But I think we should at least give this breath, right?" After listening to my analysis, Sach immediately dispelled his previous plan to attack the army of Crescent City anonymously.
"Sir, my subordinates have two suggestions. First, ask about the origin of the prisoners, and attack the nest with the flow, and then search for evidence and other things. Second, take the prisoners back to the imperial capital and hand them over to the Minister of Military Affairs, and tell him how many infantry divisions we have wiped out and how many troops we have escaped. We don't need to care about the rest, just make it clear that we attach great importance to and angry with this incident..."
"Okay, it's worthy of being the general I, Sach, took a look at. When we go back, we will see the Secretary of Military Affairs and the Crescent Lord. How did the empire have so many bandits? Or if they bite the dog, we can not only see the good show, but also gain some benefits from it. Did you get something from the prisoners?" In the last sentence, Sach said to the faces of several officers, and his voice turned gloomy. If these two officers could not answer immediately, I think they would be in trouble.
"Sir, they have already dug out of those people. Their training ground is on the mountain more than 20 miles away from here. At the same time, we have sent scouts out to let them report the situation there at any time. I guess the first report will be sent here soon..."
"Report……"
Before the officer could finish his speech, a notice came from the door. After reading the briefing sent in, Zach handed it to Carcent, and then transferred it to Baville... and finally came to my hands again. After reading it, I felt that I was not the smartest either. When my plan was proposed and I was about to be implemented, I had already burned all the camp facilities first.
"Record the situation there, including the size of the training ground, the approximate facilities and the number of people that can be accommodated. After returning, we sorted out the situation with the prisoners and handed it over to the Secretary of Military Affairs. Now, we are ready to continue to set off!"
One hour later, all the troops set off again, not missing one person, but there were nearly a thousand more prisoners, which was originally a large number, but Sachs slaughtered them all on the spot as the wounded dragged down the speed of the march. It was not easy to pass those prisoners who were strung together. As long as there were any abnormal movements or traces of injuries on the road, they would be executed by the escorted personnel. In the end, less than half of them could reach the imperial capital, but this was just a matter of later.
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After walking for more than ten days on the road, nearly 80,000 people finally arrived at the imperial capital. Because Sach's army was so poorly decorated (the army was given to the local area, and all the weapons and equipment left by the fake thieves regiment), except for Carcent, Sach was finally arranged by Sach to the suburban training camp of the Flame Legion.
More than ten miles outside the city, all the soldiers of the Flame Legion carefully adjusted their equipment and clothes several times, and hung up all the medals they had won before, and even the hair of the horses under their strands were brushed dozens of times. It seems that entering the imperial capital is really not fun, it is too troublesome.
Since half of my army was slave soldiers, I didn't understand these things at all. Including me, the division commander, I could only rely on the help of the 2,000 soldiers assigned by the original Archery and Cavalry Division to sort out their instruments. My division commander also became Matthew's puppet and was fiddled with for nearly an hour.
After finishing the instrument in the morning and walking more than ten miles, it was almost noon when the tall and majestic walls of the imperial capital appeared in front of me. (Damn, the snails crawled to it) The cavalry of honor stood on both sides outside the city, and felt a bit like the cavalry of the royal British cavalry of honor now, but it changed from the fiery red dress to the bright silver armor now.
All kinds of colorful ribbons filled the entire city tower. In the middle of the wall, among the ribbons, the one standing was probably an emperor. He was wearing golden armor, but he was wearing a crown in an incongruent manner. With a blood-colored cloak, his not-so-burly figure made his unrestrained figure even more funny. Although he kept laughing, no matter how I looked at him, he didn't look happy when the army won a battle, and his smile was more reluctant and worried.
On both sides of the emperor, there were more than a dozen people standing, and they were probably important military and political officials. However, the faces of the people here were basically not much different from their Emperor. I think I am really happy and I think there are definitely few pitiful people.
The Flame Legion stopped in front of the cavalry and began to form a phalanx on both sides of the road in order. At the front were two heavy cavalry divisions, then light cavalry, and at the end were the large number of archers and my troops, all composed of horse-drawn carriages.
Under the leadership of the veteran, although my slave soldiers did not do anything out of the ordinary, the slow speed and clumsy team really made many people smile on their faces. Damn, if I had a volley lined up now, I wouldn't know what the consequences would be, and those guys would still be able to laugh.
After the team was sorted out and the prisoners were kneeling under the city wall, we, the main generals, walked in the middle of the road under the leadership of Sach, and immediately paid tribute to the emperor on the city wall. Then, a majestic music sounded on the city wall, and the emperor also published his forum at this time, but the content was nothing more than those old things, and in many aspects, it was even less provocative than my realistic boss's speech. However, his voice was really loud enough, I couldn't shout that loudly, and it was his kind of speech in a peaceful tone.
When I was about to fall asleep, the words of asking our heroes to enter the city made my head lift like a spring. I finally could go into the city to rest, which was my only feeling.
Looking at the crowd of people scattering flowers at us with excitement on both sides of the road, I no longer care about appreciating the pleasing forest gardens and exquisite buildings on both sides of the street. I secretly thought in my heart if these ignorant people knew the specific situation of this war, would they still laugh?
A war that excludes and suppresses internal forces, a war that could have been easily won... Or for them, the superficial articles can make them live happily without considering the complicated internal factors and living the day of intrigue. And how should I face it after coming to this vortex center
Chapter completed!