When the convoy arrived at Helan City in Nulin Province, Governor Bohan's garrison, which had been accompanying the army all the way, had already turned around and left.
This Helan City can also be regarded as a large city in Nulin Province. It is backed by a Helan Mountain. This Helan Mountain can be regarded as a small peak on the edge of the Kilimaro Mountains. However, such a small tail dragged out by the Kilimaro Mountains is impartial.
, it happened to be blocked in the middle of the Nulin Province, and by coincidence, it cut the Nulin Province into two.
Although Governor Bohan and the Northwest Army have always maintained a tacit understanding, they have maintained a tacit understanding. The two sides use Helan City as the boundary. The north of Helan City in Nulin Province is the territory of the Northwest Army, and the south is Governor Bohan's territory.
Helan City was under the control of the Northwest Army. When it was still more than ten miles away from the city, the cavalry escort sent by Governor Bohan had just withdrawn, and the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard in the distance in the direction of Helan City.
A thousand-man cavalry team of the Northwest Army raised a black flag and ran over. This time, they were much more polite. The cavalry stopped in the distance. Not long after, someone came to report Du Wei, and the Northwest Army was sent to greet him.
One of the generals of the Duke wants to see the Duke.
Du Wei got off the carriage and saw that he was an old acquaintance.
General Tatara, who was specifically responsible for the logistics and supplies of the Northwest Army, looked a little more oily on his face. He probably took advantage of this spring drill to get a lot of military pay from Governor Bohan.
This fat man, who had dealt with Du Wei several times, was quite familiar with Du Wei. When he came to Du Wei to ask for military pay several times before, Du Wei didn't give him any look, and according to official customs, he
He also got some benefits. From top to bottom of the Northwest Army, this wretched fat man was probably the person who had the closest relationship with Du Wei. Letting him lead the troops to greet him was considered a suitable candidate.
"Your Majesty, Duke, long time no see." Duodoro dismounted and came to Du Wei, saluted, then walked over enthusiastically, took Du Wei's hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to come to visit me.
I have been waiting in Helan City for a day under the orders of the Legion Commander."
Since he was here to be a guest this time, although Du Wei hated the Northwest Army in his heart, he still had a smile on his face and said with a smile: "I am only worried about the uninvited guests who come too recklessly.
Will General Lu Gao think I'm rude?"
The two of them exchanged a few words that were not nutritious, and Du Wei watched their words. However, he looked at this fat pig-like Ditodoro, who was moving his eyes around, obviously carefully looking at Du Wei's motorcade, and there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes from time to time.
However, Du Wei wasn't afraid of his inspection. Anyway, he didn't hide anything in his motorcade. This time, Du Wei came to visit the pier with complete arrogance. By the way... he caused trouble.
I thought to myself: I don’t have any dangerous goods in my motorcade, but... In two days, a dragon will be airlifted!
Tatara looked around. There were only two or three hundred people in Du Wei's convoy, and there were only three or four carriages, so there was nothing to see. After looking at it for a long time, he became interested in Du Wei's coachman.
"Yi? Duke, I didn't expect that you also like to use these barbarians from Southeast Asia." Tatara smiled and lowered his voice and said: "Our General Lu Gao also likes it. He has recently acquired several beautiful female slaves from Southeast Asia. Your lord, the Duke, is here.
What a coincidence. I am lucky enough to meet you."
Du Wei smiled and said nothing, and Tatora slapped his head, pretending to have made a mistake, and said with a smile: "Damn it, damn it! I'm the one who talks too much! I heard that the Duke has been favored by the Marquise Liszt, who is the most beautiful woman in the mainland.
How can ordinary vulgar fans get into your eyes?"
When he said this, his eyes kept watching Du Wei's reaction. Du Wei smiled. Without explaining anything, he said casually: "General Tatara was joking. But you can still see beauties from Southeast Asia here in the northwest.
It seems that General Lu Gao is also one of my kind!"
With that said, he pulled Duoduo into the carriage.
Tatara didn't have much real military temperament. In the Northwest Army, he was more like a financial steward. Since he had a comfortable carriage to ride on, he would not insist on riding a horse. He followed Du Wei on to him with a smile.
I saw this luxurious and comfortable carriage and immediately praised the furnishings inside.
When Du Wei took out the wine that was placed in the secret compartment under the seat, the guy drank twice as much and couldn't help but sigh happily: "Good wine! In this poor place in the northwest, such wine is rarely available.
.”
Du Wei smiled slightly: "This wine is also brewed from a kind of fruit from Southeast Asia. If General Tatora likes it, I still have some at home. Just ask someone to send you two boxes later."
Du Duoluo thanked him repeatedly, but Du Wei suddenly said lightly: "It's just that the general is the chief steward of the Northwest Army. He is in charge of the food, drink, and toilet of the two hundred thousand troops. The things in my house are strange to others.
In the general’s opinion, I’m afraid it’s nothing more than that.”
"Where is it!" Tatora was polite again and again, and suddenly sighed in a low voice, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty the Duke, you are laughing at me. My position may seem like a beautiful place, but in fact I am just a bellows rat who gets offended by both sides. I always come to you.
I have to beg Governor Bohan for money, turn around, and have to deal with generals from various divisions in the army asking for money and food. I am also very annoyed. This time I can sneak out to greet you and get rid of those things in the camp.
, it can be considered a good job.”
Du Wei suddenly felt something in his heart: "You just said that General Lu Gao recently bought several beautiful female slaves... I guess it was you who handled them, right?"
"No!" Talking about women, Tatara's eyes shone and he said with a smile: "Although the skin of Nanyang women is slightly darker than that of our Imperial people, their skin is really thin and smooth to the touch, just like
It's like satin. It's rare to be obedient and supple, and there are many wonderful things... Haha, if you are interested, Your Majesty the Duke... Ah, no, no, I made a mistake. Your Majesty the Duke, you can even get such good wine from Nanyang.
Come, I heard that your business in the imperial capital is very big, and the female slaves in Nanyang are probably a piece of cake for you."
Du Wei's heart moved... looking at this fat man, could he be asking me for a bribe?
He remained calm and said with a smile: "This is indeed not difficult. But I...you know, I am a magician, and I am not very interested in women's sex right now. But I do want to be a slave in Nanyang.
There are as many as there are. General Tatara, if you are interested, I will send a few people over later and send them to your camp together with this Nanyang wine. Then it will be a pleasure to taste the wine and hug the beauty."
Tatodoro's eyes turned into slits when he smiled, but Du Wei added lightly: "By the way, since General Lu Gao asked you to buy a group of beautiful female slaves, you must also share a few. I'm afraid I will give it to you.
The female slaves you receive may not be as good as those sent by the general."
Tatara's expression changed slightly on the spot, but he covered it up in an instant and laughed at himself casually: "What the hell! What is my identity, Tatara? I'm just a housekeeper. Those slave girls were bought by the general to reward a few of them.
How can I have a share in the land of a general who has worked so hard and accomplished so much?"
This man doesn't look like a soldier, but a complete philistine businessman! Du Wei's inner evaluation of this Tatara was once again finalized.
For such a guy, if Lu Gao really rebels, such a person may not be determined to follow Lu Gao in rebellion. Maybe he can be used to find out the details of the Northwest Army.
I am not afraid that you are greedy, but I am afraid that you don’t know what you are greedy for!
As the carriage moved forward, Du Wei ordered not to stop at Helan City and went directly to the camp of the Northwest Army. Anyway, with the cavalry protection of the Northwest Army, there was no need to worry about any safety issues along the way. He drove all night, and Du Wei thought that his days were almost over.
, rush to the northwest military camp as early as possible in case the Dragon King and the Second Prince arrive halfway.
In just two days, Tatara was full of praise for Du Wei's enjoyment of this gorgeous carriage. Du Wei's carriage was a gift from Prince Chen, so it was naturally extremely luxurious, especially since Du Wei did not hesitate to spend money on the carriage.
I built a wind-type magic circle to reduce the bumps and vibrations on the ground, and the comfort level was greatly increased. In addition, the things in the car, including fine wine and food, were readily available.
Tatara, who lives in the bitter cold land of the northwest, has never had this kind of enjoyment? Although he made a lot of money by taking advantage of the military resources of his superiors, he did not dare to go too far in the northwest army. At best, it was just
Just a small rich man.
Moreover, although people like to enjoy themselves in the military camp, they do not dare to do so blatantly due to military regulations.
Along the way, if it weren't for Du Wei's status, Tatora even thought that if he could recruit a few more beautiful women in this luxurious carriage, then the carriage would be filled with beautiful women, wine and food, and he would go on like this all the way, drinking and doing things in the carriage.
Happy, wild and wild, then it will be really happy.
Finally, two days later, we arrived at "Watt Fortress", the base camp of the Northwest Army.
This is a permanent military fortress, a military city built entirely in accordance with the standards of a medium-sized city in the empire. The city wall should be twelve meters high according to the first-class fortress of the imperial military system, but Du Wei could see at a glance that the wall was at least ten meters high.
More than five meters. It seems that the Northwest Army did not hesitate to build its own base camp.
The city wall was built with the strongest boulders in the northwest. The tall, circular city wall was extremely defensive. And from a distance, there were actually some small slingshots placed on the city wall.
As for bows, arrows and crossbows, let alone them.
Outside the city walls of the Watt Fortress, there are several large military camps around it. On weekdays, the army exercises here, as well as a cavalry training ground, a large-scale horse farm for feeding horses, and a fodder farm. In the city, it is completely like a
It is a purely militarized city.
The Northwest Army has been operating here for many years. Most of the residents in the city are the family members of the direct troops of General Lu Gao of the Northwest Army. In order to maintain the loyalty of the direct troops, Lu Gao often moved the whole family of the soldiers to Watt Fortress. In this way,
, all the direct troops have become soldiers under his nose.
In this militarized city, you can see people coming and going. Most of them are soldiers of the Northwest Army, who are out on vacation. Although they are wearing casual clothes, the way they walk is full of the killing intent of the army.
spirit.
Even the families and women of the soldiers in the city were dressed simply and walked around in a hurry. The city was in good order, and there were cavalry patrols from the Northwest Army going back and forth. The horseshoes were clanking, and the cavalry on the horses held their heads high and their chests high, and they were imposing.
When Du Wei's motorcade arrived at the gate of the city, he took the initiative to get off the carriage. This time he was visiting in a high-profile manner, and he didn't care about these things on the shelf. He asked someone to put the pennant up high. The carriage with the flagpole erected
, was ordered by Du Wei to walk to the front of the convoy.
Du Wei and Tatara also rode horses. They walked side by side and sat on the horses. Tatara introduced this military fortress to Du Wei from time to time.
Suddenly, Du Wei saw a domed building on a relatively wide street in the distance. There was a sign hanging high on the building, and on the wall of the building, there were colorful patterned glass windows.
, and the hanging cloth mandarin that is full of sacred flavor...
"Yi?" Du Wei was slightly startled and said with a smile: "Is there also a temple and religious center here?"
"The Duke is joking." Tatora looked solemn. He didn't dare to joke when it came to the temple: "The temple is the state religion of the empire. Naturally, there are a large number of sergeants in our northwest army who believe in the temple, and even many generals in the army believe in the temple.
Believers in the temple. Within the empire, among those in high positions, who doesn’t believe in gods?”
Du Wei nodded, but thought to himself: I don't believe it.
As the team advanced into the city, the sound of horse hooves came from ahead. Du Wei had stayed in the northwest for a long time and learned to identify some information from the sound of horse hooves. He knew as soon as he heard it. They must be elite knights! Although the sound of horse hooves was dense,
But with an orderly rhythm, it was obvious that the other party still maintained an orderly queue and rhythm while running.
Sure enough, on the street in the distance, a group of black-armored cavalry was running all the way. All the pedestrians on the road saw it from a distance and stepped back to avoid it. There were still people standing on the roadside. However, they were deeply concerned about the cavalry coming from afar.
Bow deeply, showing great respect.
The equipment of this group of black-armored cavalry was obviously different from the cavalry of the Northwest Army that Du Wei had seen. Their equipment was more sophisticated, and the black armor on their bodies looked like they were high-defense goods of extraordinary quality.
The horses are all carefully selected fine war horses. From a distance, the knights on the horses are all full of the aura of bravery. They are obviously warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles, and everyone exudes a faint aura.
The kind of real murderous aura and chill that can only be refined by experiencing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
When Du Wei saw the costumes of these knights, he immediately remembered Alpha's report to him. Weren't they the same people who intercepted and killed the black-armored cavalry of the Northwest Army in Jinlangtou on the way?
Seeing that this group of cavalry had already rushed in front of them, they suddenly stopped when they were less than fifty meters away from Du Wei's motorcade. A young knight at the head, with an iron mask on his face, stood proudly on the horse, Du Wei
Immediately, he felt a cold gaze sweeping towards him and staying on him for a long time.
"General Tatora, I heard that you are going to greet distinguished guests. I guess the person next to you is the famous Duke Tulip." This young knight has a very pleasant voice. However, Du Wei felt something unexpected in his heart!
Du Wei's instinctive and mental reaction made Du Wei feel very uncomfortable with this young knight. Although the other man's voice was calm, there was an indescribable chill in it.
"I am Duwei Rudolph." Duwei smiled slightly, took a step forward on his horse and looked at the young knight: "Who is your Excellency?"
Tatora quickly said loudly: "Your Majesty the Duke, this is the son of our General Lu Gao..."
"My name is Sebastian." The young knight announced his name. His eyes were fixed on Du Wei, and there was a weird smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he had cut off the golden wolf's head. He sat on the horse and owed a little.
Body: "Your Majesty Duke, please forgive me for my military orders and I cannot dismount and salute. I have admired Your Majesty the Duke for a long time. You are known as the strongest man of the younger generation on the mainland. You have created miracles after coming to the northwest.
I have admired you for a long time, and I think about getting your guidance all the time."
Du Wei said a few polite words, but the young knight suddenly smiled and said: "When you come to Watt City this time, you must stay for a few more days, so that I have the opportunity to ask you for advice. In fact... I am not familiar with magical magic.
I'm also very interested. With a famous magician like you coming here, how can I let go of such a rare opportunity? Please don't turn me away."
Du Wei smiled. He didn't say anything. Sebastian had already made a knight's salute to Du Wei on his horse, then turned around and said: "Keep moving forward. If you feel Helan City before dark, kill those who fall behind!"
After saying that, he and Du Wei's motorcade passed by him and left quickly.
Tatara wiped his sweat and said with a wry smile: "Please don't be offended, Lord Duke. Our young general has always had this temper. Even when he met General Lu Gao himself, he still had this attitude..."
Du Wei said a few polite words.
Then Tatolo took Du Wei to the handsome mansion in the city. The handsome mansion was built in an extremely grand style, but it was not luxurious, but full of simplicity and majesty. There were no fancy carvings and decorations, and all the buildings were elegant.
It is built with huge stones and is full of a rough flavor.
Tatara quickly sent someone in to report. Watching Tatara go away, Du Wei suddenly whispered to a guard cavalry standing behind him: "Hey, let me tell you, the wanted criminal... the boy just now is better than the one I met at the beginning.
You still have to be arrogant."
The knight behind him had brown curly hair and an eyepatch on his face. He was pretending to be the one-eyed Hussein. He listened to Du Wei's words and snorted softly.
"Aren't you convinced? I said how young he is. I heard that his strength is at least level eight! You were not as young as him when you reached level eight. Your reputation as the number one knight in the continent is probably not stable.
Very good."
Hussein wasn't angry either. He just said calmly: "I never care about being ranked number one in the mainland... But I heard that this kid knows Rodriguez's stunts, and I really want to see him."
When the two of them said this, a loud voice came from the handsome man's house.
"It's really an honor for me, Lu Gao, to come to visit the Duke of Tulip!" As he said that, a figure walked out quickly with a rough laugh.
Du Wei just turned over and dismounted. Just as he was about to say a few polite words, the visitor had already come up, hugged Du Wei enthusiastically, patted Du Wei's back hard, and laughed loudly: "Your father and I were friends in the early years.
My friend, when we were fighting in the northwest more than 20 years ago, old Raymond was an old acquaintance of mine. I have always heard that he had an outstanding son, and today I finally meet you!"
After saying that, the man let go of Du Wei, pushed him half a step away, and looked at Du Wei carefully. His square face was full of smiles: "Very good! He is a very handsome boy. He is worthy of being a member of the Luo Lin family.
"
Du Wei also looked at this old warlord who had caused harm to the northwest for more than 20 years.
This Lu Gao's face really doesn't look treacherous at all. He has a square face and looks dignified. His face is full of righteousness. Coupled with his loud and loud voice and his rough temperament, I don't know.
People might really think of him as that kind of rugged and heroic pure soldier.
But the more this seemingly harmless guy becomes, the more dangerous he becomes.
Du Wei understands this deeply.
Of course, there is something special about General Lu Gao.
Because, standing in front of Du Wei, he was half a head shorter than the fifteen-year-old Du Wei!
This old warlord who was famous in the northwest for killing people with ulterior motives, colluding with foreign races, and making the imperial capital helpless against him, turned out to be a... dwarf even shorter than Du Wei.
However, in this place in the northwest, I am afraid no one would dare to underestimate this dwarf!
Although Du Wei had never met this General Lu Gao, he had heard about his appearance. When he saw the real person, he sighed in his heart, this guy was shorter than he thought.
Du Wei himself has not yet truly reached adulthood. According to calculations in his previous life, his height is only about 160 centimeters. But this Lu Gao is only as tall as his nose.
And this dwarf also has a big hooked nose on his face, which makes his square face, which was originally upright and awe-inspiring, a little more fearsome and majestic.
"General Lu Gao." Du Wei exhaled softly and said with a smile: "My father has often mentioned you. I have been in the northwest for more than a year, and it is really rude of me to have the opportunity to visit him today.
"
"You're welcome!" Lu Gao waved his hand boldly: "Your father and I have fought together, and we are brothers who live and die together. We are also a family. Come on, come on, come in and talk to me!"
With that said, he pulled Du Wei and walked inside.
Du Wei thought in his heart: It is with you, a traitor and a family who colludes with other races, that I will be unlucky!
As Lu Gao walked into the commander's mansion, he came to a hall, but saw several knights wearing full-body general armor standing in the hall. Among them was the one Du Wei had seen in Loulan City, the one with the army surrounding him.
Gu Hua Duo Luo in Loulan City.
The other knights are all about thirty or forty years old, and all of them are full of the aura of bravery. The knight badges worn on their chests are at least level six.
However, the eyes of everyone looking at Du Wei were unabashedly full of naked unfriendliness.
In the hall, a banquet has been set up, but it is not a big table banquet according to the tradition of the Roland Empire.
Instead, it imitates the custom of the prairie people, which is a separate seating system.
Small tables were arranged in a circle in the hall, and Lu Gao pulled Du Wei to sit at the top with him. Naturally, Du Duoluo took care of all the people Du Wei brought and took them down to rest.
Hussein was the only one who accompanied Du Wei into the hall.
Du Wei was pulled by Lu Gao and sat at a small table next to him. He also followed the way of the prairie people. There were no chairs, but a mat was laid on the ground, and everyone sat on the ground.
"Come on, let me introduce to you, this is the famous young genius in our empire! Lord Tulip Duke! Haha, the son of Count Raymond of the Luo Lin family." This introduction from Lu Gao fell on Du Wei.
I immediately felt a sense of unhappiness in my ears and heart.
What does he mean by saying this...Is it ironic? The son of the Luo Lin family has become the Tulip Duke...Isn't this ironic?
But looking at the heroic smile on Lu Gao's face... Du Wei sighed, this guy is really good at pretending!
"Du Wei, look, the people here are all brave generals in our Northwest Army! You have met General Gu Hua Duoluo, let me introduce them to you one by one! Come on, brothers,
We don’t use the aristocratic behavior in the army. Each one brought me a drink to honor this distinguished guest and introduced himself! Whoever is not drunk today will be given a spanking by me!"
Listening to General Lu Gao's "heroic" voice, Du Wei thought in his mind.
This Lu Gao, what type of person is he?
Wu Sangui? Shi Jingtang? Or... An Lushan?
Thinking of this, Du Wei laughed, took the initiative to hold a wine glass and stood up: "General Lu Gao, you're welcome. How can I, a young adult, be worthy of being toasted by all the powerful generals in the army? I'd better do the toast!"
After saying that, he took the cup and walked towards the first general sitting next to him. This general had a big beard, and from the flag on his eyebrows, he looked somewhat similar to the 250 Longbottom.
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Duwei raised his glass to him and said with a smile: "This glass of wine is from me, Duwei Rudolf, to honor the heroes of the Northwest Army!"
After saying that, Du Wei looked at this guy with the cup in his hand. Unexpectedly, the general smiled coldly, snorted heavily, and looked at the wine glass in front of him without reaching out.