The ideas accepted by the general public opinion are all the more influenced by the defects of the people's mind; most of them are a mixture of ideas that are absolutely incompatible with each other, and cannot stand the test of logic.

- Ludwig von Mises (a famous economist of the 20th century, a brilliant liberal thinker)

In the territory of Langxiang Province, which was captured by the Jurchen tribe army, there were 100,000 cavalry with eight banners, which were the white flag of the leader of the Hunhe tribe, the white flag of Suba Haibele, the leader of the Dong'e tribe, the red flag of Urgudaibele, the leader of the Sukesu River Protectorate, the yellow flag of Nurhachi's second brother Shuerhazibel, and the red flag of Nurhachi's third brother Murhazibel.

The most elite cavalry of the Jurchen tribe, the 60,000 Eight Banners, namely the Zhenghuang Banner directly under Nurhachi, the Zhenglan Banner of Nurhachi's second son Daishan, and the inlaid blue banner of Nurhachi's Eighth Emperor Taiji, were stationed in Mulhouse Province north of Langxiang Province under Nurhachi's personal command.

With 100,000 cavalry of the Jurchen tribe stationed in Langxiang Province, how could Besançon Province, which is geographically connected to Langxiang Province, live in peace? As the governor of Besançon Province, the Marquis of Besançon was mainly responsible for commanding the army of Besançon Province and preventing the attack of the Jurchen cavalry.

The Imperial Army's army stationed in Besançon Province had only five standing legions, three of which were newly formed recruit legions and two were veteran legions that had been reorganized after exhausting veterans, and their biggest common characteristic was that their combat effectiveness was not strong.

The Marquis of Besançon, who had twelve years of military experience, was not a provincial governor who did not understand military affairs like the Marquis of Bedouin, and he formulated a very strict training program for the five standing legions temporarily under his command, and strictly ordered the five commanders to carry out this training program.

In the face of the harshly worded orders of the Marquis of Besançon, the Commander of the 56th Legion, the Commander of the 57th Legion, the Commander of the 57th Legion, and the Commander of the 58th Legion, the three newly promoted Legion Commanders, naturally carried out meticulously.

In comparison, the Commander of the Fourteenth Legion, Captain Louis, and the Commander of the Sixteenth Legion, Captain Di Maria, the two of them behaved much more unruly, and even the strict orders of the Marquis of Besançon were ignored by their indifference.

Louis and Di Maria, who were more senior than competent, were two of the longest-serving commanders in the Imperial Army, and when the Marquis de Besançon assumed the post of Wing Commander in the Army, they were already the commanders of the Imperial Standing Legion.

At that time, the standing army of the huge Celestial Dragon Empire was mainly composed of four royal legions and thirty-two standing legions, and the fact that Louis and Di Maria could sit in the position of the captains of the standing legions was enough to prove that their own abilities and the status of their families were not bad.

Unfortunately, the performance of the 14th and 16th legions in the southern invasion of the steppe tribes was so unbearable that Louis and Di Maria, who were the commanders of these two legions, were severely punished by Charlemagne, who was in dire need of the loser to bear the responsibility for the loss of land.

Although the titles of Captains of the Standing Legion were generally Counts, Louis and Di Maria, who were far more senior than ordinary Legionnaires, both held the title of Marquis of the Empire, and as punishment for defeat, they were demoted from Marquis to Count by Charlemagne.

The distance between the marquis and the count, which seems to be one step apart, is actually a hurdle that many nobles cannot overcome in their lifetime, and Louis and Di Maria, who have been demoted from the marquis of the empire to the count of the empire, feel that they have not made any big mistakes, simply cannot accept such a reality.

But Charlemagne's order has already been given, even if Louis and Di Maria don't want to accept it, what can they do? Charlemagne is the supreme emperor of the Celestial Dragon Empire, as long as Louis and Di Maria are still soldiers of the Celestial Dragon Empire, they must obey the order.

Luis and Di Maria, who were unconvinced, arrived in Besançon with the rebuilt Fourteenth and Sixteenth Legions, and they did not respond in the slightest reaction to any order given to them.

Not to mention the training orders issued by the Marquis of Besançon, even the transfer orders issued by the Duke of Cullen of the Imperial Military Department were all gorgeously ignored by them, and if it weren't for their seniority, the embarrassed Duke of Cullen would have dismissed them a long time ago.

The current situation of the garrison in Besançon means that the Marquis of Besançon can really control only three standing armies, and even with the 15,000 city defense troops after the expansion of Besançon, the Marquis of Besançon can mobilize only 75,000 troops.

Of course, Bai Feng is the supreme commander of all the armies in Besançon Province in the true sense, except for the 15,000 city defense troops in Besançon Province, the other five standing corps stationed in Besançon Province are theoretically all troops under Bai Feng's command.

It turned out that the two legion commanders Louis and Di Maria, who would not give face to Duke Cullen and Marquis de Besançon, would also not give face to Bai Feng;

Seeing a large group of nobles and generals standing at the gate of Besançon County in front of him to greet him, Bai Feng, who was riding a horse and walking in front of the army, instructed Steve: "Steve, you go and send someone to give an order, ordering all the troops to be stationed outside the city on the spot, and you don't have to follow me into the city. ”

"No!"

Steve, who had been appointed by Bai Feng as the captain of the personal guard for a few days, hurriedly went down and sent someone to give orders to the commanders of the various legions; as the eldest son of Count Yadonis, after Count Yadunis took the initiative to show favor to Bai Feng, Steve was naturally deliberately cared for by Bai Feng.

After the Feather Forest Legion, the Fire Legion, the Wind Legion, the Iron Blood Guard, the Pro-Soldier Guard and other armies were all ordered, Bai Feng took Steve and his five hundred personal soldiers, and rushed directly towards the gate of Besansong County in front.

"Duke Bai Feng, I have admired the name for a long time!" After Bai Feng galloped to the city gate, as soon as he turned over and dismounted, the Marquis of Besançon, who was standing at the front of the crowd, took the initiative to greet him and said: "Your Excellency's arrival has given us hope of recovering the lost land!"

The guy in front of him who can even slap a horse is really the legendary Marquis of Besançon who would rather die than give in? Bai Feng, who felt a little unbelievable in his heart, still had a meaningless greeting with Marquis Besançon very politely.

After the short greetings, the enthusiastic Marquis of Besançon introduced the three legion commanders Cavani, Tevez, and Renard who followed him to Bai Feng;

The long procession dragged into the county town of Besançon, the beggar-infested provincial capital and the streets and alleys of withered business seemed to tell of the ruin of the city, which was the law of war, and that civilization built with great difficulty was always easily destroyed.

"Alas......" Marquis Besançon, who sensed that Bai Feng's mood was not quite right, sighed and said: "Your Excellency Bai Feng, these beggars you see are all refugees who have escaped from the fallen provinces; ”

"Do you want to open a warehouse for relief?" Bai Feng, who was slightly stunned when he heard this, then smiled bitterly: "If there is grain in the warehouses of the empire, maybe it is still possible to open a warehouse for relief, but in the current empire, I am afraid that even the rats in the warehouses are hungry." ”