"Sir, I think under the current circumstances, we do not have enough troops to counterattack!"
"Sir, I think this is an irresponsible and risky behavior! Although our army barely reaches 200,000 troops, more than half of them are defeated troops from the last time. They have not yet been reorganized, and their morale has not been restored..."
Looking at the fierce opposition of many generals in the hall, Du Wei still sat quietly in his seat. In front of him, there was a long sword on the table, which was a relic of the late old Count Raymond. This time
When he went to the battlefield, Du Wei wore this sword by his side.
His eyes slowly swept across the crowd, looking at the expressions of worry, dissatisfaction, or surprise on the faces of a group of generals. Fortunately, the ten cadet officers from the Imperial Military Academy did not speak. As Du Wei's direct descendants, these
The young people maintained absolute obedience and trust to Du Wei, but there were still some doubts and confusion in their eyes.
Du Wei glanced at his brother. Gabri pursed his lips and said nothing, looking at the tips of his boots.
Then Du Wei spoke:
"It has been two months since our army gathered in Yajin City. The loss of the frontline fortress and the tragic defeat are still vivid in our minds. And, needless to say, everyone should understand that although the enemy never went south, the loss of the fortress and river defense has a profound impact on the entire
The integrity of the Kaspersky defense line has been damaged! There is a huge gap in our defense line. If the enemy dares to take risks, they can even send troops directly from this gap to our inner belly, or even sneak attack on the central fortress
The rear baggage transportation line!”
Du Wei gave an order, and two soldiers unfolded the map hanging on the wall. He glanced at the generals: "Did you see it?"
"Your concerns are justified." A general stood up. This was not a direct descendant of Du Wei. He was a second-line general who originally belonged to the eastern front. He cleared his throat and said slowly: "As you said, if
If the enemy dares to take risks, they can go all the way west from the south of the fortress and sneak attack our central defense line, but... I think that is unlikely to happen. We still have heavy troops hoarded here. And if the enemy wants to ride south lightly,
It is impossible for a large army to hide the news. Once their troops sneak attack south, they will be intercepted by us. Even if they sneak into our interior, we can block their retreat from behind. Then they will go south.
The ground army will become a lone army! Without backup and supply support, a lone army within our inner circle cannot pose much of a threat."
"But they can burn, kill and loot." Du Wei said lightly: "And we can't place our hopes on the enemy's fear of taking risks."
"I think this is not within the scope of our consideration for the time being." The general who spoke still insisted. His speech represented the position of quite a few generals. Seeing others nodding, Du Wei sighed inwardly: He is not his direct descendant.
The troops are really not easy to handle. First of all, these people are superficially surrendered to themselves, the commander who came from the air, but they may not be convinced in their hearts.
"Even if the enemy makes a sneak attack on our inner territory, it will only cause some harassing chaos at most, and they will not be willing to sacrifice an army just to cause some civilian riots. This will not be worth the loss. I don't think the enemy will be so stupid."
The general's words were firm and his attitude was not very respectful. In the end, he even came close to saying "You don't understand military knowledge."
"As long as we firmly hold Yajin City, the enemy will not dare to bypass us and really go south! Those harassing attacks will not become a big trend."
Du Wei snorted and looked at the general: "You mean, there is no need to recapture the fallen fortress?"
The general's face darkened and he whispered: "Sir, that's not what I meant. It's just that we are not ready yet! It seems that we have assembled 200,000 troops in Yajin City. But more than half of them are frightened birds.
The morale of the defeated army has not been restored, and there are still many wounded! And many armies, after being disrupted and reorganized by you, still need a running-in period..."
Having said this, he paused deliberately and glanced back at Du Wei, which meant that he was obviously very dissatisfied with Du Wei's overstepping behavior of disrupting and reorganizing the Storm Legion's 100,000 defeated troops.
Du Wei waved his hand impatiently: "Then when do you think we can counterattack the fortress? Wait until next year?"
The general sneered twice and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "You are the commander-in-chief. This issue does not seem to be decided by me."
Du Wei was so angry that he almost laughed.
Very good, indeed very good!
When they were defeated, Yajin City was in chaos. The second-line troops behind the Storm Legion were panicking like mourning dogs one by one. They were in panic all day long. After they arrived, they stabilized the situation. At the beginning, these people relied on their own reputation.
, step by step, stabilized the morale of the military and the people.
Now that the crisis seems to be gradually over, these proud and powerful generals have begun to disobey their own orders.
After all, these people were part of the Storm Legion's army, and they were not convinced by their commander, who had airborne from the Imperial Capital.
In the past, I forcibly dispersed and rebuilt the 100,000 defeated troops, depriving many of the defeated generals of the Storm Legion of their military power in disguise. This approach also caused dissatisfaction among the generals of the Storm Legion. After many days of dissatisfaction, they finally gradually subsided.
Did it explode?
As this guy said, as long as Yajin City is firmly guarded, the army of sinners will not detour southward before conquering this place. But... Du Wei's current consideration is not to continue to delay here!
He went to the fortress and saw with his own eyes that the other party was demolishing the fortress and rebuilding the military castle and stronghold of the sinners on the north bank!
If we continue to wait, after the criminals have established a firm foothold on the north bank, the initiative in the battle will fall into Luo Xue's hands! By then, Luo Xue will be able to firmly grasp the defense line of the river, and all the opportunities will be lost!
What Du Wei wants is not simply to hold on, he needs to win!
Just as he and Luoxue said, even if the final goal is peace, human beings must stand in the position of winner at the negotiation table when signing a peace agreement!
Continue to wait and let the sinners digest all the northern territory bit by bit, gain a firm foothold and lay a solid foundation?
You have to take action first and disrupt the opponent's steps!
More importantly, Du Wei believes that now is the best time to counterattack!
From what he saw in Luoxue, Luoxue was obviously ready to abandon the fortress! Attack now. The opponent's resistance will not be too strong, and they will probably retreat in one battle. By then, no matter what, this will be a "
"Victory", no matter whether the gold content of this victory is high or low, it can at least greatly improve the morale of the human army that has experienced a disastrous defeat.
What annoys Du Wei even more is that he has already made this very clear to these people.
However, it still encountered opposition from these people.
Of course, there is a reason to defend firmly, but in the current situation, if you don't counterattack, will you wait for the opponent to tear down the fortress into a piece of white ground and then walk away?
Thinking of this, Du Wei's eyes quickly cooled down and he stared closely at the opposing general. He was a division commander in the Storm Legion's second-line army and held the rank of Imperial Major General.
"You." Du Wei stood up and pointed at the other person's nose from a distance, with a hint of sneer in his tone: "I want to ask a question. Are you blindly opposed to this counterattack plan because you really think this
Is the plan not feasible, or is it because you are timid and afraid of fighting?" At this point, Du Wei paused deliberately, and then continued slowly: "Or is it because you are simply dissatisfied with me in your heart?"
"Sir!" The general's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth. But he still held his neck straight: "I'm just speaking logically! You are the commander-in-chief, so please proceed with caution. You must know that in war, the commander-in-chief often has an idea.
It will determine the life and death of thousands of soldiers!"
"Ha!" Du Wei laughed angrily: "Oh, you think I can't fight?"
Du Wei glanced at the other party's badge: "Well, you are thirty-six years old this year. You have the rank of Major General in the Empire. You have been in the Storm Legion for many years... But are you good at fighting?"
At this point, Du Wei's tone became clearer: "I am only less than twenty years old. I have seen the cavalry of the prairie people in the northwest, and killed the rebel generals of the northwest army. I will not bother you about the war. I will only stay in the military camp."
I have been taught by a general who has done great things."
Afterwards, Du Wei sat back down again, looking at this guy with a miserable face but a hint of anger in his eyes, and felt disdain in his heart: He is just an idiot who doesn't know the current affairs, and there is no need to be angry with such a person.
"You should be grateful for my kindness, because with your actions, if you had a cruel commander, your troops would have been sent as cannon fodder. However, although you are stupid and selfish, there is no need for the soldiers under your command to do this.
Accept the punishment for this." Du Wei sat on the chair and gently moved a quill on the table in front of him: "Okay, I have listened to your 'reasonable', now everyone listen carefully to me.
The command!"
With a snap, Du Wei broke the quill in his hand, and then threw it towards the map on the wall. With a snap, half of the pen was accurately inserted into the location of the fortress above!
"Pass me an order to prepare the entire army for first-level combat readiness! The 1st and 3rd Divisions are responsible for the main attack from the front, and the 5th and 7th Divisions are responsible for following up on the two wings, marching with a pincer force to complete the encirclement of the fortress... I personally lead the 2nd Cavalry
The division and the Chinese army will participate in the main attack together!"
Having said this, Du Wei looked at the group of guys who were still vaguely resisting fiercely: "Before tomorrow evening, the entire army must be ready to go! If anyone disobeys the order, kill him! I don't care if he is the commander.
No matter how good a general is! If the commander disobeys the order, he will be killed! The subordinate general will be half a level! If the general disobeys the order, he will be killed!!" Du Wei deliberately glanced at the audience with fierce eyes: "I don't care what method you use, at this time tomorrow,
I want to see the soldiers wearing armor, holding swords, and forming a team!"
As an order is passed on, no matter whether it is willing or unwilling, the military order is suppressed, and everyone can only follow it.
In the end, Du Wei's "kill" remarks made those guys from the Storm Legion series who originally wanted to resist reluctantly accept it.
As for the division commander who led the opposition to Du Wei, his army did not participate in this battle, and Du Wei even deprived him of his right to stay. That night, an order was sent to his camp, ordering the army to set off immediately.
Turn around and head south, maintaining the safety of the transportation line along the way.
There was no uproar in Yajin City. After two months of reorganization, except that the morale of these troops still did not reach the pre-war level, all the troops' weapons and other materials were fully prepared.
In the past few days, Du Wei has reorganized the 3,000 prisoners he brought back into the army. Although during the formation, many people took the initiative to request to enter Du Wei's direct troops, and even some commander-level officers,
The main request is to be demoted, even to serve as a captain of the personal soldiers beside Du Wei.
But these people are regarded by Du Wei as the seeds for future control of this army! How can he completely control the morale of the army without sowing these seeds with his own prestige into the grassroots army?
Those troops that were defeated after the fall of the fortress have basically recovered their strength. Although they were reorganized and disorganized the original organization. Even under Du Wei's forced suppression, some troop numbers were cancelled, but they have lost their vigor.
For the troops, the resistance was not too strong, just the protests of some senior officers who had lost their power. Du Wei also turned a deaf ear. At the same time, when those prisoners of war were integrated into the army in large numbers, he regained control of some officers of several levels.
After taking their positions, those senior officers could only sigh and feel helpless.
The story of Duke Tulip riding alone to the enemy camp and rescuing thousands of prisoners of war has been given a strong legendary color. Thanks to the deliberate publicity of these thousands of prisoners of war, it has spread throughout the army.
As a soldier, what is your greatest hope?
The biggest hope is to meet a good commander! A good commander will not sacrifice himself as cannon fodder, but will cherish his soldiers and respect them! The most fearful thing is that. In a critical moment on the battlefield,
The subordinates abandon the general who runs away alone! No one wants to follow such a general.
Du Wei rode alone to the enemy camp, risking his life and death (although this is a bit exaggerated), and saved these people, who originally thought they were dead!
In the prisoner-of-war camp, these people were filled with pessimism and despair all day long. They were only worried that they would be taken out and massacred at dawn the next day, and then their corpses would become dinner for those orcs. Or some unknown and terrifying misery.
ending.
Most of them never even thought about the chance of returning home alive.
In this case, Du Weidi appeared and pulled them out of the fire pit alive. He brought them back intact. Such a kindness was almost as good as rebirth!
Such a general, when you are in danger, he is willing to risk his own life to save you. When a soldier encounters such a boss, what else can he ask for?
Therefore, when Du Wei appeared in front of the army in uniform on the march the next day, he saw pairs of eyes full of trust!
Under the city wall, the dark army has been lined up, and in the camps in the city, various armies have also made preparations.
Du Wei's appearance was a lot of thought.
He appeared on the city wall without a single soldier or attendant on his left or right.
A huge, muscular gryphon with black wings stood proudly on the city wall, its claws tightly clasped on the wall and stomping! As it looked, there was a faint and powerful aura!
Du Wei was riding on the back of this griffin. With his gentle shout, the griffin spread its wings and soared down from the high city wall. With its wings spread out, it landed steadily.
In front of the army!
Du Wei rode on the griffin and was watched by thousands of people, including admiration, respect, loyalty, and trust...
At this moment, Du Wei suddenly felt the joy and excitement of having great power!
The life and death of these soldiers is decided by me alone! When I give the order, these people will fight with their lives for me!
"Commanders!"
Du Wei was riding on the griffin, and suddenly he held an extra-long cross spear, imitating Longinus's cross spear, and pointed it at the sky. At the same time, the griffin spread its front hooves and stood up.
"Sirs!" Du Wei shouted as loudly as possible with the loudest volume and most powerful voice possible!
"The victory of this battle will depend on your bravery! I believe you will use your courage to defend the empire!" Du Wei swiped his spear fiercely, bringing out a violent momentum, and his whole body began to exude a majestic force.
The vindictive light.
His tone carried an admirable majesty: "As your coach, I have only one oath to make to you! I have only one promise to you!"
Everyone listened quietly. At this moment, in the dark array, there was total silence, without any noise.
"I! Rudolf Duverolin! Your commander! I will never abandon any comrade on the battlefield! No matter you are a general or a soldier! If there is a need to charge, I will rush to the front with you! If
If I need to retreat, I will be the last one!!"
The loud and majestic voice echoed throughout the audience. Du Wei was dressed in the black black iron armor of a senior general of the empire, and with the light of fighting spirit emanating from his whole body, he was riding on a mighty griffin, holding a sharp cross-gun in his hand.
…
At this moment, Du Wei truly changed from a nobleman to the commander-in-chief in the hearts of thousands of soldiers!
The army marched north.
From the two wings, the two divisions had already advanced forward, maintaining a distance of about an hour's journey from the Chinese army in the middle.
But Du Wei himself was not with the two infantry divisions of the Chinese Army. The division commanders of the two infantry divisions were newcomers promoted by Du Wei, and one was the one with the highest rank among the prisoners of war.
The injured general. The other one was a commander among the prisoners of war, who was temporarily promoted to division commander by the line of fire. As for the military rank, Du Wei did not have the power to promote him to general for the time being. He still commanded a division with the rank of commander.
Half of that batch of prisoners of war were incorporated into the two infantry divisions, which enabled Du Wei to have an unprecedented level of control over the Chinese army. Although it was not yet to the level of direct descendants with many years of experience, Du Wei
At least the ban is no longer a problem.
As for this Chinese army, there is also a special force, the private cavalry of the Duwei family brought by General Gaida from the northwest, Leiqi!
When this Thunder Cavalry first came to Yajin City, it also brought great shock to the defenders of Yajin City!
Even these professional soldiers have never seen such an amazing giant war horse!
Who doesn't like good horses among generals? Seeing so many war horses, some people soon came to Du Wei privately to ask for them. Some generals were even more angry, thinking that even one of your soldiers under Du Wei could ride such a good horse.
Horses, I am a general, and I want two horses for you. Isn’t that okay?
But all such requests were rejected by Du Wei.
Some generals tried to use their status to privately force the cavalry in the thunder cavalry to ask for it, or even rob it.
In the eyes of these people, if you, as a general, robbed the horse of one of your soldiers, you would not dare to do anything. Even if you go to Duke Tulip, it is just a matter of a horse. You have already got it.
Duke, you are too embarrassed to trouble me, a general, for a small soldier.
result……
Anyone who had such an idea quickly gave it up.
The first person to snatch the horse was a cavalry commander of a certain division. This commander went to the Thunder Cavalry camp and privately tried to spend money to buy the horse. After being coldly rejected, he wanted to rob it by force, but the cavalry of the Tulip family,
It seemed that they didn't take this commander seriously. As a result, no one knew what happened to this commander.
All I know is that he was thrown out of the Thunder Cavalry camp with a bruised nose and a swollen face.
Afterwards, his subordinates tried to take people to find a place. However, private fighting is not allowed in the army, but after all, soldiers are full-blooded people. Who has never fought in private? Not to mention that you beat our commander.
If we don’t retaliate, will we still be able to hang out in the future?
As a result, out of the hundreds of people who went to find a place, Lei Qi only showed up with a hundred people. Before they even got on their horses, they beat all these guys with bruises and swollen faces and threw them out of the camp.
Things got worse and worse. Later, the general of the division to which the commander belonged personally led the people there, and Al Qaeda intervened.
This little 250 was indeed the heir to Longbottom's mantle. In front of thousands of people, he took off his gloves fiercely, threw them in the face of the other general, and said coldly: "Duel! No matter life or death. You
dare!"
The general immediately became angry: "I am an imperial general, how dare you, a private soldier..."
"General?" Gaida laughed up to the sky and glanced at him with disdain: "General? When I was pacifying the rebellion of the Northwest Army in the northwest, I killed three major generals and one lieutenant general! I'm afraid there are more than a dozen commanders!
One more for you is not more, one less for you is not more!”
When this guy said this, his face was full of anger. He had a genuine murderous look on his face. At first glance, he looked like a real ruthless character who kills without blinking an eye.
Sure enough, the general was restrained on the spot.
That general was not willing to duel with such a stupid young man. Judging from the appearance of the opponent, he was a character who did not want his life. As a general of a second-line army, it took him many years to achieve this qualification. If he died on the battlefield, it would be okay.
.If someone beats you to death in a private duel, then...
Gaida didn't care about that much, with an expression like "Nod your head quickly, let's use the white knife to go in and the red knife to go out." As a result, the general threw a few harsh words, indicating that he was a big man and not as knowledgeable as a barbarian like you.
He left in despair.
Later, Du Wei personally issued an order that these thunder cavalry belonged to the family's private army. If anyone dared to attract the attention of the thunder cavalry war horses, it would be regarded as seeking the private property of the Tulip family. The private army of the Tulip family could protect the family property in exchange for
In other words, you can kill people freely!
This kind of arrogant behavior of protecting one's shortcomings finally made no one dare to think twice about thunder and horseback riding.
Many people can't help but wonder: Where did so many frightening giant war horses come from in that place in the northwest?
As for these Thunder Cavalry soldiers, it can be seen at a glance that they are definitely the elite Tulip family who are accustomed to rolling out of mountains of swords and seas of corpses. Although they have experienced some grassland people's wars and also experienced a quelling the rebellion of the Northwest Legion, they have also
It is impossible to produce so many warriors who have fought many battles. Judging from the behavior of each of these cavalry, it is obvious that they have not only fought in one or two battles, but as if they have fought for half a lifetime!
Such a group of powerful soldiers, coupled with such a strange war horse... Although this Thunder Cavalry war horse looks enviable, after learning about the consumption of this kind of war horse, many people originally took notice. I thought.
The generals who privately purchased from the Tulip family have given up their plans: an ordinary Thunder Cavalry war horse consumes twice as much fodder as an ordinary high-grade war horse!
There was even a rumor circulating in the camp: This kind of war horse, in addition to forage, actually eats meat!!
At this moment, walking with such a cavalry, the soldiers of the two infantry divisions couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Even as Du Wei's younger brother, Gabri had never heard of Du Wei's words about this mysterious cavalry.
Mentioned it.
He also had this question in his mind: Brother, where on earth did he develop such a strong army?
Yajin City was not far away from the eastern fortress. The army moved forward, marching day and night. The forward group of Thunder Cavalry soon arrived at a small forest about thirty miles south of the fortress.
After the Chinese army stopped here, they repaired all night.
This night seemed to be very long. The war was about to begin. Many soldiers had experienced the tragic defeat of the fortress. When they returned here this time, they couldn't help but feel uneasy. Thinking of that terrible night, the enemy's flying dragons were flying all over the sky, like flying dragons.
One by one, they are harvesting the lives of human soldiers like murderous gods in the night...and those elven archers whose bows and arrows are as tricky as poisonous snakes...
"Go down with the order and repair all night. At dawn, we will see that we are ready to launch an attack!" After the generals had discussed and decided before the battle, Gabri took out a piece of order left by Du Wei:
"Tomorrow is the first battle. If we encounter the enemy fighting outside the city, Thunder Cavalry will rush into battle first!"
After reading the order, no one had any objections. After all, this mysterious cavalry seems to be very powerful. What it is, the veil will be revealed on the battlefield tomorrow.
And the Duke... where is he now?
Twenty miles outside the fortress, on a hillside, behind Du Wei was a long row of gryphon knights repairing in place.
The griffin was lying on the ground, resting under the care of the knight. The leather cover in its mouth was sealed and it would not make any movement.
"Tomorrow..." Du Wei stood on the hillside, looking at the outline of the fortress under the night in the distance.
Hum, Luoxue, you have piled all kinds of hay, wood and kerosene in the fortress, and you plan to burn the fortress immediately once I attack?
Well, of course you are planning to abandon this fortress, but... you also left an opportunity that you can take advantage of!
He tapped his toes and quickly drew a word on the sand on the ground.