Chapter 187: The Faint King
Niutou Fort, located on the largest pass of Niuqi Mountain, three miles in length and width, is a Xiongguan that is rushed out on top of the natural danger. At the earliest, it was discovered and started to be built by the Tianwu Kingdom, but the process was greatly slowed down due to some domestic reasons, and as a result, when the Shenguo Luo came over, it was still not repaired, and the Bull Head Fort was taken by the Shenluo Kingdom, and then it took ten years to rebuild, turning it from the Xiongguan of the Tianwu Kingdom into the Shenluo Fortress.
This is a shameful past for the Tianwu Kingdom, so for many years they have wanted to take the Bull Head Fort back, but under the premise that they can't start a big war with the HRE Kingdom, there is no way to take the Bull Head Fort at all.
This time, Tianwu sent 200,000 troops, and it seemed that he was ready to take the Niutou Fort in one go, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the Niutou Fort, an order came from the rear that he couldn't fight.
Sun Nansong, the commander of the three armies, was helpless, although he was against sending troops at the beginning, but now the troops are coming to the city, but he doesn't fight, what's going on? The mountains and forests in the deep winter are not so easy to treat, although the geographical location of Niuqi Mountain is very special, so that the temperature is not too low in the deep winter, there will be no snowfall, but the wet and cold weather is still very difficult.
The first time the army waited was ten days, not to mention the morale problem, just to say that the logistical pressure was a big problem. The 200,000-strong army assembled on the front line was not only unable to engage in any production, but also could not lack food and clothing in order to ensure combat effectiveness. Although the military strength of the Tianwu Kingdom is the highest of the Three Kingdoms, its national strength is the last of the Three Kingdoms.
To put it simply, the warriors of the Heavenly Martial Kingdom are the most capable of fighting, but they have the least number of troops and the greatest logistical pressure.
The Zijin Kingdom dares to often put an army of 300,000 on the border line to show off its might, and the Shenluo Kingdom also has a standing force of nearly 600,000, and only the Standing Force of the Tianwu Kingdom is only 100,000. And half of the current 200,000 troops are government soldiers, that is, they work in peacetime, train in idle farming, and go out in wartime.
Although there are many shortcomings in the government military system, the Tianwu Kingdom, which has the weakest national strength, can only do this, otherwise there is no way to gather enough troops - although the Tianwu soldiers are known as the first in the world, the most able to endure hardships, and the most capable of fighting, but the difference in numbers is too great, no matter how powerful it is, it is useless.
In addition, the number of citizens of the Tianwu Kingdom is also the smallest among the three kingdoms, and the total number of people is only more than 30 million - it sounds like a lot, but compared to the 300 million in the Zijin Kingdom and the 110 million in the HRE Kingdom, it is really too little.
But it is such a country with the weakest national strength, the smallest population, and the smallest territory, but it is a country that the Zijin Kingdom and the HRE Kingdom dare not provoke casually, and all this is based on the style of Tianwu soldiers who dare to fight, dare to fight, fight without retreating, and die without regrets.
An army of 200,000 camped a hundred miles east of Niutoubao, and camped for a hundred miles, like a sleeping demon beast, crawling on the earth.
Sun Nansong stayed awake all night. The morale of the army is acceptable, and the Tianwu soldiers are worthy of being the iron army praised by the entire Thousand Soul Spirit Realm, even if they stop at the front line for ten days without any reason, although their morale is affected, they do not fluctuate much. The soldiers never think much about anything else, even if before they go to the battlefield, they are all kinds of people, but after they go to the battlefield, they are the most qualified soldiers.
But the soldiers didn't think much about it, but Sun Nansong, as the commander of the three armies, had to think about it.
This expedition was not suitable in the first place, just after the New Year, the land has not yet thawed, after a whole winter of consumption, the domestic material reserves have already reached a dangerous point, and at this time the expedition will only increase the burden on the country. But since the accession to the throne of His Majesty the Wonderful Emperor, there has never been less such wayward orders, and now that one has finally extended his magic hand to the army.
If the army really marched in a hurry to Niutou Fort and started fighting, then this sudden, even the Tianwu people themselves did not expect the attack, maybe they could really take the Niutou Fort, then this expedition is worth it. But when Sun Nansong arrived with an army of 200,000, he gave a death order later, not to attack, and to wait on the spot.
Then, the first wait is ten days.
Sun Nansong really wants to appear in front of that wonderful majesty now, and ask well, what kind of moth is this going to make trouble this time?
This night, Sun Nansong's heart was throbbing, he always felt that something big was going to happen, and his eyelids kept jumping, so he didn't want to go to sleep, even if he was sitting, he felt uncomfortable, so he walked back and forth in the handsome tent all night.
"Dashuai!" Outside the tent, the voice of Lu Yuanzhi, a pro-soldier, sounded.
"Huh?" Sun Nansong looked at the hourglass in the tent and found that there was still an hour before it was completely dawn, and it stands to reason that Lu Yuanzhi would not come to disturb him at this time. Could it be that there is any change in the military situation?
"What's going on?" Sun Nansong asked.
"Great Marshal, the royal family has sent a messenger to ask to see you!" There was something strange in Lu Yuanzhi's voice.
"Emissary?" Sun Nansong was even more puzzled, what was the envoy of the royal family going to do? Is the order finally given to attack? But at this time, the HRE Kingdom must have sent a large army to guard the bull head fort, and if it attacks again, it will be to send the soldiers under its command to death? At this time, the most important thing to do is not to attack, but to retreat.
After thinking about it, Sun Nansong said, "Let the messenger come in!" ”
There was no sound outside, obviously Lu Yuanzhi went to call someone. After a while, footsteps rang out.
Sun Nansong's brows furrowed, as a platinum ninth-level powerhouse, he almost immediately heard that the footsteps were not an adult, but a minor—the footsteps were not heavy, but they were very powerful, showing that this messenger was young, energetic, and excited.
Such a judgment formed in Sun Nansong's mind in an instant, and then in the next second, a doubt arose.
Why does this footstep sound so ...... Familiar?
Where have you heard of it?
A dangerous, weird answer that made Sun Nansong want to scream jumped out.
The curtain of the tent was opened, and Lu Yuanzhi had an expression like seeing a pig flying in the sky, and led a young man dressed as a court official into the tent.
When Sun Nansong saw the young man's face clearly, at that moment, he really wanted to take off the armor on his body, and yelled: "Lao Tzu is gone, whoever is in command of the three armies will do it, and whoever will do it!" ”
A million grass and mud horses rushed through the heart of Sun Nansong, the commander of the three armies, and finally turned into a bitter greeting.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"
Yes, this guy who is in the guise of a royal envoy is indeed an envoy, and he is the one who can best represent the royal family. Because he is the current emperor of Tianwu Kingdom, His Majesty Zhengde, who only ascended the throne two years ago, has the most bastard, the most bizarre, and the most unassuming classmate Yun Houxi in the history of Tianwu Kingdom.
He was only sixteen years old, and he was only fourteen years old when he ascended the throne. The willful emperor who made the courtiers of the Tianwu Kingdom have a headache when they said it.
Before, this person suddenly had a nervous moment and asked the military department to send troops to levy Niutou Fort, but when Sun Nansong arrived at Niutou Fort, he ordered the army to stop for ten days. And now this strange style has once again broken through the sky, and he has actually come to the front line alone.
Sun Nansong wanted to know how those guys who were looking at Emperor Zhengde all day long in the palace in the rear let this demon escape to the front line?
"Haha, Marshal Sun. You're surprised to see me, aren't you? Isn't that a surprise? It took me a lot of effort to escape...... No, they came to the front. Just to see the style of the marshal when he attacked the city! Now it's finally there. You haven't gone to war yet, have you? I...... It's not too late for me to arrive, is it? The Wonderful Emperor looked at Sun Nansong excitedly. There was a childishness unique to a young man when he spoke, but what he said made Sun Nansong want to die.
"Your Majesty, you are in danger alone, and when you come to the front line, have you not thought about the consequences?" Sun Nansong's voice trembled.
"Danger? It's okay, it's okay. Marshal, don't worry, I'm ...... I'm not that stupid, I brought that thing, with it, no one can hurt me, and I can also help the marshal attack the bull head fort! Zhengde raised his eyebrows and said to Sun Nan with an indecent expression.
Sun Nansong doesn't want to die now, he wants to hack this strange thing in front of him.
Although the Tianwu Kingdom is the weakest, the country is the smallest, and the people are the least, in addition to the strength of the Tianwu soldiers and the unity of the Tianwu Kingdom, there is another important reason, that is, the Tianwu royal family has a treasure, or it should be called an artifact - not a man-made artifact, but an artifact used by the immortal clan when the whole world was not divided into three in ancient times.
The power of this artifact is huge, equivalent to the nuclear power of the Thousand Souls Spirit Realm, and only people of the Heavenly Martial Royal Bloodline can open it.
It is for this reason that Zijin and Shenluo did not dare to force the Tianwu Kingdom to be in a hurry, because it is said that this artifact can destroy a city at a time, if the Tianwu people are in a hurry, directly let the Protector God of War take the Tianwu Emperor to the Zijin Emperor or Yanjing to make a shot, then the fun will be great.
And this is another key reason why Zhengde, the emperor, is so strange and no one opposes him. Because the Tianwu Imperial Family has always been in a single line, before this wonderful emperor left an heir, in order not to cut off the bloodline of the Tianwu Imperial Family, the ministers had to grit their teeth and insist.
Wait, wait until this thing is twenty years old and an adult, let him get married quickly, and then leave the child, and just kick this wonderful thing to retire.
Tianwu people are very loyal, Tianwu has been founded for 800 years, and there has never been a rebellion. But no matter how loyal a courtier is, he can't stand such a strange thing as Zhengde. It's true that they won't do the mutiny, but it's okay to send this goods to the elderly in advance.
Anyway, this matter has long been tacitly approved by the old ancestor, and it is estimated that the old ancestor also has a bit of a headache for this strange dying descendant.
However, Sun Nansong really didn't expect that this wonderful emperor not only came to the front line alone, but also brought the country's heavy weapon. If something goes wrong, the martial kingdom will be destroyed that day.
What a faint king, a faint king!
Sun Nansong's heart was full of 100 million grass and mud horses, and his face was completely black. (To be continued.) )