1613 The Dongting Man Comes (1)
Northwest Coast, New Sea City
At the end of April, representing the last scenery of spring, it was also shrouded in the continuous drizzle of early summer, and in Xinhai City, there were more and more merchant ships docked, and the waves that came with the wind continued to hit the side of the merchant ships, and on the slightly swaying deck, the porters of the port were lifting boxes of wooden boxes down, and everyone could feel the violent power of nature. From time to time, the sky was filled with the glow of lightning, and the dull sound of thunder, and the faint sound of huge waves crashing against the harbor could be heard
The fat man walked into the office with a stern face, and Duo Xue was sweating profusely in the office, "What's the matter, has the number of people been counted?"
The fat man sat down on the chair opposite Duoxuan, and the sudden rainstorm caused a lot of trouble, the wilderness area of the northwest coast, the lack of vegetation, and the natural slope of the terrain, were caught off guard by this rainstorm, and sometimes, natural disasters are more confusing than war,
The fat man has just gotten information from Duoxuan, due to the lack of understanding of the terrain before, the protective measures in some areas are not enough, especially in the areas of new immigrants, many new immigrants do not have enough awareness of protection, a large-scale mudslide, impacting the entire northwest coast, "too much, lack of tools to excavate, and limited manpower, can not be counted at all!"
Duo Xue picked up the report on the table, shook his head with a wry smile, hung his head and looked at the annoyance, he poured so much effort into the northwest coast, looking at the remote coastal area step by step, from a sparsely populated area to an area with a population of nearly one million, many towns and towns, and everyone living and working in peace and contentment, but this rain pressed the newly rising northwest coast hard, "Can't count?" The fat man's slightly frowning eyebrows were twisted together. It seems that the situation is more severe than expected" Yes, my subordinates went to see a few disaster sites a few days ago, and I can only describe it as miserable!" Duo Ze glanced at the other reports on the table with a gloomy face, and reported the disaster situation this time, he lowered his head and said, "This disaster came so suddenly, the subordinates were completely unprepared, and the scope was extremely large, there were 73 similar reports on the subordinates' desks alone, there were no tools, and there was a lack of sufficient manpower. The subordinates could not dig up the bodies under the mud and rocks in a short time, the death toll could not be counted, the area affected by this natural disaster was all over the northwest coast, and the few disaster points that the subordinates saw were mostly villages built under iteric hills, heavy rain, mud and sand, slopes or mud above the houses, and huge mudslides mixed with miscellaneous wood. Like a torrent, the villages and towns below were flattened overnight, and the largest one was that half of the city was washed away. More than 13,000 people have disappeared! Now it is a city of dirt!" "Bury 13,000 people at once!"
The fat man couldn't sit still this time, and got up from his seat, this is a human being! 13,000 people are equal to the population of a city on the northwest coast, which is really a bit painful. The corners of the fat man's mouth were slightly bitter, his eyes looked at the rain that was still falling outside, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Sure enough." People are not as good as heaven", it took so much effort to make the northwest coast present the current thriving scene, and opened the southwest dilemma with a gamble with blood as a gamble.
Originally, I was going to wait until the arrival of the May army, with the absolute military power in my hands, to completely integrate the forces of the northwest, so that the northwest, not the northwest coast, would completely become a wheel that could make the empire move forward, but who knows that it was hit by this so-called heavy rain, or the fault caused by the weak foundation, the fat man's ability to fortunately the damage caused by these mudslides did not affect the army too much, otherwise he would have lost his blood and capital" The Governor's Mansion needs to allocate personnel who can participate in the disaster relief, but there are disasters in various places!" Duo Xue looked cautiously at the fat man who was silent but had a heavy face, and said slowly with some hesitation, "Now there is enough labor on the northwest coast, only the army, so ......"
"Mobilize the army at this time?" The fat man's eyes flashed with a cold light, and Duo Xue also shrank his head in fright, and quickly explained. The subordinates also know that this request is really a bit out of place, the southwest is eyeing the tiger, there is a possibility of declaring war at any time, the northwest seems to be stable, but Denia, Ruosende and other forces are still independent and unaffected areas, at this time to mobilize the elite army to leave the line of defense and come back to rescue the disaster, it is really a little unreasonable, but looking at the more than 100,000 creatures on the northwest coast who are in urgent need of rescue, Duo Zhi can only rely on the old and sell the old, licking an old face to intercede with His Majesty, Duo Xuan does not understand military affairs, but also knows that His Majesty has high hopes for May, just......"Okay, needless to say, I will order the army to participate in the rescue!"
The fat man raised his hand and interrupted Duoxue's words, walked to the desk and wrote down a new order, and then handed it to Duoxuan, and said with relief in his mouth, "It's okay, at most, it's just to postpone some time, it doesn't matter about the overall situation, but it's hard for you" "Don't dare, this is the responsibility of your subordinates!"
Duo Ze's excited eyes flickered, his hands trembled slightly and took the fat man's order, and he almost knelt down without moving, he didn't expect the fat man to agree to this seemingly extremely rude request so easily, in this era, the life and death of civilians have never entered the eyes of the monarch, that is, he is soft-hearted, so he will ask the Falcon Majesty Xià to send troops for such a thing, you must know that the ability of the Vikia Falcon to engage in the economy is recognized in Ikadiva,
A remote southwest, stunned to become the richest in the mainland within a few years, not to mention military ability, the name of the god of the Continental Army, the record of undefeated in a hundred battles, how many generals have been cast with resentment and blood, and no one has broken it until now, and most of the Ikadiwa people do not think that this record will be broken in the future, the falcon is already the majesty, and the opportunity to really command the battle is becoming less and less, whether you can win is one thing, there is no chance for you to win, that is the most distressing.
But when it comes to the Falcon Majesty Xià is a merciful and merciful monarch, that is nonsense, the army is rampant, killing millions, destroying countless cities, and the order to slaughter the city has also been given, the blood-colored falcon battle flag, the corpses are full of bones, when is it hooked with mercy and mercy?
It's a pity that it's completely meaningless to choose multiple choices that don't know that they are moved. Sending troops to disaster relief, which is really normal for the fat man, a modern person, so he can't think of the real reason for choosing more.
Standing at the window, looking at the city in the rain outside the window, the red walls and blue roofs, layered on top of each other, the bell that chimes the time came from afar, and the crisp sound of the bell came through the rain curtain. The fat man took a deep breath of the cold air outside the window, "This rain, I'm afraid it won't stop, I'm afraid it won't work in May, and in June, the weather will start to heat up, and there will always be some burdens in the march, if it drags on until July, the harvest season." It seems to be quite oily and water!" The fat man thought of the last time he had made a lot of benefits in Bangor, and muttered to himself, "It's July, let the army starve for two months, so that you can bite to death when you release it!" The fat man smiled with a hint of playfulness at the corner of his mouth. Turning around from the window,
Seeing Duo Xuan staring at himself with a melancholy face, the fat man's face immediately turned green, what do you think. Duoxuan's gaze was like a thief to him, and the fat man couldn't help but ask indignantly, "Is there anything else?"
"I didn't ...... No, the subordinates will do it immediately" Duo Xue was stunned for a moment before reacting. Hurriedly took the order book and left in a cold sweat, damn it, can you guess the mind, or the mind of Vekia Falcon!
Ten minutes after Duo chose to leave, there was a knock at the door that made the fat man feel familiar,
"Come in! Hukochili" The fat man didn't look back, from the habit of knocking on the door, he also knew who was coming, and there were only a few people who could knock on the door without going through the guard's report, and there were only a few of them, and many choices were made because of old age and thinness, knocking on the door always seemed a little thin, Hukochili was born as a swordsman, and the power on his wrist was great, and knocking on the door was the most rhythmic, just like waving a sword, Saron needless to say, a fox was nothing more than that,
If you knock on the door for the first time, and there is no noise in the room, this guy will definitely stand at the door for an hour, and then knock a second time, and so on, the longest one, this guy stood at the door and knocked 8 times, a full 7 hours, that time, the fat man was drunk,
Sure enough, Hu Keqi, who was dressed in the uniform of a regiment commander, pushed the door and walked in, still holding a report in his hand, and stood up at the door, and reported in a condensed voice, "Your Majesty, I just received news from the Baston area, we have three military camps......"
"Is it a mudslide?" The fat man didn't wait for him to finish, and turned around from the window with a cold face, it seemed that he still couldn't be spared, and now he could only pray that it wasn't too much of a loss
"Yes, 123 people are missing! 243 people are injured" Hu Keqili was a little surprised, but he still nodded with a stern face, and said hesitantly, "The subordinates are a little worried, it is said that many places have suffered mudslides, but the army report is only this one! I heard that the military camp in Oacha also suffered a similar situation, the loss is not large, but there are more than 20 casualties! There should be some military camps with small losses, all of which have concealed the casualties, otherwise the total number should have exceeded 1,000 people!" Natural disasters are not terrible, but what we are afraid of is man-made disasters! You are solely responsible for this matter, and I will let the Ministry of Supervision cooperate with you" A trace of anger flashed on the fat man's face, and he punched the table, and said indignantly: "The army is different from the people, because they did not die on the battlefield, these soldiers did not even have a due afterlife, and all the soldiers looked at it, and the situation of shaking the morale of the army because of concealment and failure to report it must not appear in our Falcon Army! Regardless of the rank of the military, from the commander of the regiment, the commander of the flag, and the squadron leader, every one is checked without leak!" But if it involves the level of the corps commander, the subordinates are only afraid of ......" Hu Keqili hesitated a little, he could hear that the words of the Falcon Majesty contained a killing intent that made people chill, this is more strict, Long Yan was furious, and his head was rolling, with his identity as the general of the Central Legion, it was enough to suppress the officers of the other legions,
But it was very difficult for Salon, who was also the commander of the legion, and no one dared to guarantee that this matter could be so calm, "Don't worry, that guy is not so stupid! This kind of thing that has no benefit at all, he won't participate in it" The fat man laughed, obviously knowing what Hukochili was worried about, "However, the subordinates are still worried, after all, Lord Salon's legion and I do not have a governing relationship, if Lord Salon looks like this, his subordinates treat the colleagues of the Salon Legion really ......" Hukochili looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and looked at the fat man pitifully with a pair of eyes,
Salon's habit of protecting his shorts is very famous in the Falcon Army, because of Salon's own temperament of bravely running through the three armies, arrogant soldiers, it is really suitable to compare Salonn and the generals under his command, not to mention that most of the generals of the entire Salon Army were born in the Northern Army of the Samour era, which is the three major descendants of the Falcon Majesty, and it is not much better than the Central Army. The combat power is quite strong, and he is not afraid of death, otherwise how could he slap his head in the Samore era, and follow behind Salon with 30,000 against the elite of the 100,000 Northern Army of Ruierdian! The troops that make Ruierdian's army feel extremely troublesome, "You send an order to Salon, and say that I will invite him to come to me to discuss military affairs for a few days! That guy will never dare not come!" The fat man raised his hand and waved his hand impatiently, and said in a decisive tone, "You first check the garrisons in various places, and then check the Salonn Army!" Finally, the northern border guards, I know that the military discipline has been a bit chaotic recently. No matter what you do, if you don't end up rolling more than ten heads to deter the whole army, you won't come back to see me!" "Yes, my subordinates understand!" Hu Keqi nodded respectfully, ten heads, naturally it can't be a soldier's, the minimum must be a squadron leader, this storm in the army is no less than the rain in front of him, this rain is not just a mudslide. And human blood!
The rain outside the window continued to ravage Xinhai City, the wind howled, and the rain poured down, inside the spacious and bright conference room. A large military map on the wall was pulled open, and the young adjutant was presenting the situation in the entire Southwest.
In the conference room, the fat man looked indifferent, and Salon had just arrived. I didn't understand the situation at all, so I could only keep my eyes wide open and stare at the position of the adjutant's finger. This young adjutant is about twenty-five years old, similar to the natural disaster in the northwest, the southwest side was also drenched by this rain, as the southwest gate was opened, a large number of caravans went south, and the originally closed information continued to come back.
"The Murphy family's dragoon cavalry No. 22 is close to Fort Pudoya on the border with Congo and Africa, according to intelligence, the army of Congo and Africa has completely abandoned the previous occupation area and is fully shrinking the defense ......line!" The young adjutant pointed to the military map with his baton, indicating the locations one by one, and when the young adjutant mentioned that the Southwest Army had reclaimed another occupied area, Salon finally couldn't help but ask with some curiosity
"Your Majesty, does the war in the Southwest Army have a lot to do with us?"
"If I say, 'No, do you believe it?' The fat man sat on the seat, pouted his lips disapprovingly, his tone was light and fluttering and completely incomprehensible, he pulled Salon here, completely to let Hu Keqili do things, the Falcon Army has been winning victories during this time, both the navy and the army have achieved a brilliant victory, especially the Southwest Gambling Covenant War, the Northwest Army has a great reputation, and the exchange of 21 light cavalry for the southwest 150 cavalry Murphy dragon armor heavy cavalry has become a topic of conversation after tea and dinner, invisibly, the arrogance in the armies has a faint tendency to rise, take the mudslide as an example, if there is no thunder means to deter the whole army, the dead may not be as many as a hedge when the two armies face each other, but the influence on the military spirit is enough to produce a fatal shaking force
The fat man knew very well that his falcon army was able to conquer all the battles and sweep the entire Ikadiva in just a few years, not only because of the excellent weapons, but also because of the rich military rewards and high benefits after death.
Because he knew that even if he died in battle, he would not let his family be treated badly, so even an ordinary Falcon Army soldier would fight to the death and never flinch, but the mudslide incident undoubtedly touched this bottom line.
Dead soldiers, because they are not killed in battle, cannot be registered, and naturally cannot get the treatment they deserve, one person dies, a thousand people see, this situation will severely impact the loyalty of countless other soldiers to the empire,
Once in a battle to the death, who would believe the Empire's promise that even if they die in battle, they can get the benefits they deserve, these soldiers are the most elite soldiers of the Empire, and their vacillation directly affects the combat strength of the entire Empire
As for the level to which this storm will be shaken, the fat man is not very worried
Hukochili is a smart man, and since he said in advance that Salon will have nothing to do with this matter, I believe that in Hukochili's report, Salon's name will definitely not appear, and as for the flag commander, if someone really interferes, then ask for more blessings! One or two heads of the flag commander can deter the whole army more than the heads of ten white middle- and lower-level officers, and the military law is ruthless, and no one else can be blamed if they really collide with it.
"Believe, as long as it is said by His Majesty, all subordinates will believe it!"
Salon shrank his head in fright, according to his understanding of the falcon, the more light and invigorous, the more it means that this master is on fire in his heart, isn't it the southwest, His Majesty means that it is dark 365 days a year, and it has nothing to do with himself?
"Recently, there have been dead people, have you heard?" The fat man glanced at Salong with burning eyes, which made beads of sweat appear on Ssalon's head more and more, and his mind turned wildly, dead people?
Just as the fat man was about to click a few more words, a guard captain nervously pushed open the door of the conference room and handed the fat man an urgent piece of information.
The fat man glanced at it, and his hand holding the report seemed to be burned by fire, and immediately put away his smiling face
"What's wrong, Your Majesty!" Saron quickly stood up when he sensed that something was wrong,
"The people of Dongting are here!" the fat man took a deep breath, like swallowing an unpalatable date, and said word by word, "I just received a report from the northern border that a steppe cavalry unit of 5,000 people appeared 50 miles away from the long wall!" (To be continued......)