1606 Gallic Winter VIII
The purple military flag made a cracking sound against the wind, and the purple-haired Murphylins rode on his war horse, and the oncoming wind rarely brought a little warmth, and next to him, Murphy Oone in civilian clothes stopped his horse,
"Big brother, negotiate with the Northwest without authorization, I'm afraid it will cause resentment among the Algernon family!" Murphylins also stopped his warhorse, and under the hooves of the two horses, all kinds of wildflowers were like huge colored carpets, stretching to the far reaches of the earth,
"Don't worry, if I came in person, the Alger farmer would definitely get the report, if it was you, I think they wouldn't care!
Murphy Boone's eyes were bright and looked into the distance, the horsewhip in his hand gently slapped the smooth black riding boots, a sharp cold light flashed in his eyes, the Valpale Fortress City with the Falcon Army Banner in the distance, the huge city wall was thick and chilling, like a huge gate blocking the front, the huge fortress built of gray stone strips was speckled because of years of erosion, and the years could not erase the merits of the fortress, in some sections of the city there were still dull blood and scorched black from the flames, which showed the firmness of the fortress more and more,
Two rows of huge stone walls spread out like a pair of open hands, along the course of the hills like two sides, forming a strong line of attack around the fortress, guarding the heart of this wilderness, and on the lattice of each wall, there are several spires and arrow towers, and dozens of temporary pine barracks nearby, like guards around the center of the fortress,
"Sure enough, it's Valpale, the fortified city!" Murphy Boone sighed secretly in his heart, Fort Julils Fort handed over these two cities that were like gateways to the southwest to the northwest before leaving, although he didn't say anything, but for Murphy Boone, who was in charge of the southwest, it was a thorn stuck in his heart, the army of Gangfei was blocked in front, and his backyard was grasped by the northwest coast. To say safe is to be self-defeating!
Just as the fat man guessed, this time Murphy Boone only brought an army of 3,000 men, just to show his sincerity to the greatest extent, and he was here to negotiate! If the other party didn't even have the courage to respond, the falcon on the northwest coast could only blame himself for looking away!
Beside him, Murphylins rolled his eyes, raised his horsewhip with some disdain, and said viciously, "Actually, in the face of the rise of the Northwest." Why do we need to lower our value so much, we are the Murphy family, the Murphy family with 30,000 dragoons! If the other party doesn't open his eyes, I will take the dragoons to level his northwest coast, I don't believe that these barbarian armies can still block the iron hooves of my 30,000 dragoons!
"Nonsense, isn't it enough to get into trouble once!" Murphy Boone raised his head and glared at Murphyllin angrily, his tone with a chill that made people icy before the other party smiled stupidly, "But let's just talk about it." It's not true!"
Murphy Boone shook his head helplessly, this kid, are you kidding? A joke from your Murphylins can also scare a bunch of people into jumping and not being at peace, otherwise. Why should you be sent to the southwest as if you were allocated?
He knew too well the temper of this harmless younger brother, and he didn't look at anyone with a smile. looks like he doesn't understand the world, but in fact, he has been a fierce general who has been on the battlefield for three years.
Murphy Dragon Armor has been booming in the imperial military circles in recent years, especially on the eastern border of the empire, and it is a sharp knife that makes both people and enemies feel feared, not only because of the strong combat power of the Murphy Dragon Armor Heavy Cavalry, but also because of the madman of the Murphy family who is known as the "Dragon Armor Heavy Hammer" inside, the Murphy Dragon Armor cavalry led by this person has never been defeated in the eastern battlefield, even if it was against the heavy armor soldiers of Shangzhongbia, he almost cut off the military flag of the famous Zhongbia general Longyang
To his own people, this madman is also a terrifying existence, just like when the battle of Seattle was at its worst, there was a Duke of Partington who killed and refused to help send troops,
It was to let this guy lead 10,000 dragon cavalry to forcibly enter the capital, dragging behind the war horse in the jet-black bureau, riding his horse and flying, and dragging all the way into the camp where the military meeting was being held, and the blood behind him was mixed with minced meat and dragged out more than ten miles of blood, the Duke of Partington couldn't see that he looked like a person for a long time, and his whole body was full of broken bones of Bai Sensen, if it weren't for Martigue, one of the deputy ministers of the military affairs department of the abbot's meeting, to come forward, that old bastard would definitely die and couldn't even find the bones!
"The purpose of the Murphy family has always been to be invincible! But that doesn't mean we need to go to war with everyone! If you did this, the family would have been defeated on all sides!" Murphy Boone took a deep breath, his eyes were like a goshawk looking down on the earth from a high place, under the sight of Murphylins, there was a huge mountain range across the western part of the Gallic Empire, the towering mountains spread horizontally, the top could see the snow-capped roof, and below was the emerald spring zone, "In front is the Legildo Mountains!" Murphy Boone turned his head and said to the somewhat confused Murphylins, "It is this mountain range, which divides the western part of the empire into two regions, northwest and southwest, and the two areas separated by the mountain range, there are only two roads that can be passed, one is the Fernand Corridor 50 miles away from here, and the other is the Valparé Corridor in front of you, the imperial general Arzer, who led an army of 50,000 Gauls and conquered fourteen tribes in the northwest in one fell swoop, and it is from here that he entered the kingdom of Duzer, which has ruled the southwest for more than sixty years." Do you mean the Duke of Alzeret who followed the First Emperor on his expedition to the south three hundred years ago?" "Yes, that's him! that's where he entered the northwest!" Murphy Boone nodded, whipping up his horsewhip and pointing to the narrow passage of the valley behind the fortress in the distance
Murphylins's eyes suddenly lit up, Arzer was the most famous genius cavalry general in the early days of the Gallic Empire, and he was also an imperial general who liked to use heavy cavalry to break the enemy in one fell swoop.
Heavy cavalry, running like thunder, breaking formations like paper, has always been the sharpest type of cavalry, Murphylins likes to command heavy cavalry, partly because Murphy Dragon Armor is the heavy cavalry unit of the Empire, and partly, because of the worship of this Arzer
Murphy Dragon Armor, the second class of cavalry in the Gallic Empire after the royal guard's heavy knights, although the number is only 30,000, because of the restrictions of the empire on local princes. But they are all battle-hardened elites, once in the battle for Seattle, with 30,000 heavy cavalry to break through the blockade of the three heavy corps of the Middle Bea Empire, it is said that the royal heavy knight legion is stronger than Murphy Dragon Armor, the number is also 30,000, but by the guard emperor does not like the power of the limit, never left the Kyoto important place,
The original Murphy Dragon Armor was actually one of the three subordinate knight corps of the royal family's heavy knight legion, and the other two were the "White Dan Heavy Cavalry" of the Algernon family and the "Thunder Lion Heavy Cavalry" of the Arzer family
Pity. One of the three thunder lion heavy cavalry has become a cloud of history, this thunder lion Arzer, but the man of the hour in the early empire,
At that time, the Gaul Empire had just been established, and the focus of the empire's development, whether it should go east or west, had always been the focus of debate within the empire. He was willing to personally lead an army of 50,000 to conquer the northwest region where barbarians were populated at that time, opening a channel for the empire to expand its power to the west, but the first emperor did not agree at first.
The probability is too low, although the northwestern barbarians are called barbarians, their number has reached more than 3 million, although they have not formed a unified state. But there is an alliance inside, and it is only one step away from being called a country, and the number of troops capable of fighting is as high as 200,000. For the newly established Gallic Empire, it can be regarded as a strong enemy that blocks development, but the east is less resistant, although there is a suppression in the Central Bia region, but there are still more than a dozen small countries sandwiched in the middle, "The empire should seek a long-term development path, instead of greedy for temporary profits, and the premature elimination of the gap with Central Bia will only make the empire fall into a long-term attrition" Arzer asked for the second time to go west and send troops,
In the end, the stubborn first emperor could only agree to do it on both sides at the same time.
As it turned out, Arzer's analysis was correct, because the border with Central Bia was opened prematurely, and the Gallic Empire was dragged into a century-long war, and until now, a large amount of manpower and material resources have been invested in the eastern battlefield, and if the same forces are invested in the west, the power of the Gallic Empire may be expanded.
In the northwest, after more than 3 years of bloody battles, Al Ze, who had only 50,000 troops, relied on fierce heavy cavalry to crush the resistance of the barbarians in the northwest, and used the slaves in the conquered areas to establish a slave army of 100,000 people.
Somewhat similar to the reversal of the Battle of Biye Valley, Al Ze used the tactics of seduction step by step, and finally took advantage of the dangerous Ansding Valley to defeat the coalition army of 130,000 barbarians in one fell swoop.
More than 100,000 corpses were thrown into the river flowing from the valley to the outside, and countless barbarians were slaughtered one after another by the ensuing massacre, and everyone was terrified, and the northwest barbarians completely lost the confidence to resist
Some of the barbarians chose to submit to Arzer and become the vassal states of the Gallic Empire, including the Basta, Rodesen, Denia, Normandy and other northwestern powers, while others chose to move north to the more barren and cold regions to form the current Slavic tribes, and some of them looked for a way to migrate to the sea to the other side of the distant sea, where it is said that there was a calm and vast land that could provide shelter for people in war.
After hundreds of years of wind and rain, the northwest barbarians have taken root and sprouted in various places, only the Slavs who migrated to the northwest still remember the oath of their ancestors, and attacked the northwest of the Gallic Empire again and again, hoping to return to their homeland.
The early years of empires were often accompanied by stormy rocks and bloody intrigues. After being greatly praised by Emperor Gaul I, he was appointed as the first governor of the Northwest Empire, and in order to strengthen the control of the Northwest Territory, he mobilized 140,000 captives and 300,000 laborers, including the conquered regions, for 20 years.
In the mountain corridor leading to the southwest region, two fortress-like cities were built with huge mountain stones, Fernand and Valparae, although the two cities are not large, but they are backed by mountains, strong and abnormal, and they are natural hazards to guard the main road, the construction drawings are personally approved by the experienced and experienced Alzer, if the two fortresses send troops to attack, no more than one squadron can charge head-on at a time,
This is a real natural danger, whoever wants to step on it, must fill it with several times the flesh and blood, and Arche believes that these two fortresses can make his northwest as stable as an iron barrel, without worrying about the threat from the southwest, this is the only way to enter the southwest by land through guò. The dangerous terrain that is difficult to open for a husband and a wife, even if it is a fat man who is known as "invincible", is unwilling to use troops against these two natural walls.
It's a pity that Arzer, the imperial general who opened up the territory and expanded the territory of the empire and made brilliant achievements, did not see the day when the two cities were built.
In the sixteenth year of his tenure as head of the Southwest Region, when he returned to Kyoto to report on his duties, he was suddenly ordered by the emperor to execute the entire clan on charges of separatism and separatism. Supporting the army and self-respecting, with the intention of rebellion, the northwest region under its jurisdiction became the target of intervention by all forces in Kyoto, and more than 100,000 troops under his command were controlled by the Janissary officer corps sent by His Majesty the Emperor before they were mobilized.
In that so-called rebellion, a third of the nobles of the Gallic Empire were implicated or killed. Or seize the title, take back the rewarded land, the heads of the people are rolling, and the cries of women and children are incessant. There was a bloody storm all over the country, and it is sad to say that the real reason why Arc was killed was only because of a meeting. This imperial general, who had achieved great feats in the northwest of the empire, said unconsciously a word
"His Majesty the Emperor is already old, the first prince should be able to become the emperor!" Emperor I of Gaul did not say anything at the time. He laughed for a while, no one expected that just after the meeting, the Wang Family Praetorian Guards would arrest the so-called Al Ze, and tens of thousands of iron-blooded Praetorian Guards in the capital also went out everywhere to arrest people everywhere, and overnight, the whole Kyoto was like hell
Al Ze looked innocent, the old emperor had two sons, one was forty years old, and the other was only fourteen years old, because the crown prince had not been established, the ministers generally called the first prince and the second prince, "Judging from age, it is not the turn of the second prince to be the emperor anyway! It was also winter that day, and the snowflakes were falling on the shackled Al Ze, who was only lightly dressed, was still standing in the snow, his sturdy body was like an iron tower, and behind him were four tall and strong knights of the royal family's guards, standing opposite was the old emperor, who was looking up at the sky, and after a while, the old emperor turned around with a cold face
"Qing Gui is the Duke of the Empire, the head of the northwest, holding one-third of the empire's troops, you say that the first prince should be the emperor, in that environment, should I say yes, or no? If so, wouldn't the royal power succumb to force, and the important ministers of all parties will follow suit, and the empire will be in chaos without a fight," If not, what do you think of the first prince and most of the vassal forces under his command, it is the strength that I have been specially cultivating for forty years, it is the backbone of the empire, if you are not immediately ordered to be executed, this chaotic heart will soon cause the empire to fall apart from the inside!" "I am not convinced, I have laid down the northwest for the empire! opened the door to the west, you can't do this to me"
Al Ze's face was aggrieved and blood-red, several Wang family guards swarmed up, the guards wearing heavy armor weighed more than 200 pounds, and the four people were 800 pounds, and immediately pressed Al Ze, who was like an iron tower, to the point that it was difficult to even speak, "If you don't accept it, I still don't accept it, why, why in the end, I still have to make a choice!"
The old emperor glanced at the confidant general who was suppressed by the guards, and suddenly his face was cold and bitter, the old man was full of tears, looking up at the falling snowflakes with a sad and angry face, and said to himself, "Don't worry, you won't be lonely! I will let your family accompany you, in addition, there are all the people in the second prince's family, you have changed a prince of the empire alone, and you have changed tens of thousands of rolling heads, so many people are buried for you, what are you not satisfied with!"
Three hundred years, on the slope hundreds of meters away from Fernand City, Murphy Boone stopped his war horse, "Do you say, is Arzer's grievance really as rumored, wandering here for three hundred years, waiting for three hundred years, waiting for the day when someone breaks it, like the wind that has just blown past!"
"I don't know, but I know that the eagle on the northwest coast, at the other end of the mountain, has built a huge sea city, and if I have the chance, I can go and see it," Murphylins looked over the earth
"My lord, do we need to send someone to negotiate?" the dragoon officer who led the team turned around,
Behind the two of them, 150 galloping purple dragon armored cavalry neatly stopped their horses,
The knight's spear tilted downward, and the uniform movement raised a burst of dragon smoke and dust at the stopping point, and the sharp tip of the cavalry spear made the air of early spring feel cold.
Fernand City in the distance also seemed to sense something, and the gate, which was full of people just now, immediately became empty.
Only the cold and bleak spring breeze blew out from the doorway, "No, you see, isn't it coming!"
The corners of Murphy Boone's mouth grinned slightly, and he waved his hand,
In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and more than a hundred murderous black-armored cavalry galloped out of the empty city gate, black-armored fast horses, horse heads, and iron armor spikes on the chest, and the cold air was pressing, and at first glance it was a fierce beast equipped for killing, which was the symbol of the Northwest Cavalry (to be continued......