"Chapter Twenty-Eight: Swinging the Army East"
The highest morality is to constantly serve others and work for the love of mankind.
- Mahatma Gandhi (the founding father of modern India, India's greatest political leader, founder of Gandhiism)
"You guys are in love!" Victoria, who was smiling, took out a magic crystal card glowing with golden light from the space ring as she spoke, handed it to Bai Feng and said, "This is the 100 million gold coins we paid you in advance this year." β
"Didn't I say it just now?" Facing the gold card handed over by Victoria, Bai Feng bluntly refused: "I don't need any gold coins here, you have to exchange the 100 million gold coins paid to me every year for military supplies of the same value." β
"This 100 million gold coins is not the 100 million gold coins we paid to you, but the funds paid to various provinces. Victoria explained: "As for the military supplies worth 100 million gold coins, in the next two months, we will find a way to deliver them to the place you designated." β
"I can barely control more than four provinces. Hearing Victoria say this, Bai Feng stood up, pointed to the map in the military tent and said, "Among them, the province of Langxiang and the province of Pollini, whether you are allowed to develop is still unknown. β
"Really?" Victoria, who didn't think about it, said with a smile: "I don't believe that the god of war of Yulin, who has just led his army to recover the province of Longchamp and the province of Mulhouse, will not be able to control a single province of Longchamp;
"Langxiang Province and Mulhouse Province are both capital provinces under the rule of the Northern Metropolitan Governorate, with the relationship between Prince GLP and Prince Philip, do you think that I, an ally of Prince Pros, will stay in the northern Xinjiang and not be fully suppressed by the Northern Metropolitan Governor?"
"I don't deny that Prince Philip of your country does have the heart to suppress you, but does he have the strength to suppress you?" Victoria, who did not agree with Bai Feng's statement, hit the nail on the head and said: "The Quintus overseer of the Northern Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is your confidant general. β
"According to the information we have received from the Dark Council, there will be a total of sixteen legions in the northern Metropolitan Prefecture of your country, of which only eight can be used for a war, and six legions under the command of the Overseer of Quintus, but all of them are among these eight legions. β
"Then what can it prove?" Bai Feng, who smiled slightly, said unhurriedly: "Prince Philip is the governor of the Northern Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and he is in charge of the military and political power of the six provinces in Northern Xinjiang. β
"So what?" Victoria, who deliberately imitated Bai Feng's tone, said calmly, "Even if Prince Philip removes Quintus from his position as overseer, the soldiers of the six legions under Quintus will still only obey his orders, right?"
"Yes or no, does it matter?" Bai Feng, who frowned, said in a solemn tone: "You and I both understand that it is impossible for me to be an enemy of the Empire, as long as this original intention remains unchanged, even if Quintus really loses the position of Overseer because of this, I will not do anything to Prince Philip." β
"Do you think you're the kind of person who can swallow your anger?" Victoria, who had a smile in her beautiful eyes, didn't care about Bai Feng's seriousness, and deliberately joked to him: "In my opinion, you are an extremely protective person who will repay you for showing your teeth." β
Looking at Victoria, who was chuckling lightly, Bai Feng deliberately pretended not to understand, and returned directly to the topic: "Even if I can keep my power in Langxiang Province, there are only four provinces, and you can take back the remaining 60 million gold coins first." β
"The provinces of Mulhouse and Langchamp in the Northern Metropolis, BesanΓ§on and Pollini between the North and Eastern Xinjiang, and the six provinces of the Eastern Metropolitan Government. Victoria restored her straight face and said: "We want all the free development rights of these ten provinces!"
"Impossible!" Bai Feng didn't think about it, so he vetoed without hesitation: "The Grand Governor of the Eastern Metropolitan Mansion is not me, it's the Prince of Pros! I have no qualifications, let alone the power, to hand over the six eastern provinces of the empire to you and let you develop freely." β
"Your Excellency Bai Feng, from the legal point of view of your country, you really have no qualifications and no right to do this. Victoria, who instantly turned back into a cold saintess, said sharply: "But you have both this idea and this strength, don't you?"
"The Tempest Bandits, which originally belonged to Prince William, are now under your command, and at the same time, the Tempest Fortress, built by Duke Cullen for Prince William, has not been taken over by the Imperial Army or the Governor's Mansion of Brojansson. β
"You investigate me. Bai Feng, whose voice revealed indifference, said in a stiff tone, "Is this the attitude of your Dark Council towards your allies?"
In this regard, Victoria straightened his chest and asked, "Are you really your ally?"
After thinking about it for a long time, Bai Feng, who had decided to form a real alliance with the Dark Council, took the lead in making concessions: "I will try to give you the right to free development of the ten provinces before the end of the year. β
"The Northern Metropolitan Governorate has Quintus and his six legions, and it will not be too difficult for you to develop in the provinces of Mulhouse and Longchamp, and on the side of the Eastern Metropolitan Governorate, I need to reach an agreement with the Prince of Pros, and you cannot do anything on your own during this period. β
"Your Excellency Bai Feng, please rest assured. Victoria, who felt the sincerity, said solemnly: "Without your formal consent, the forces of our Dark Council will never enter any province without permission, so as not to affect any of your established plans." β
White Peak and the Dark Council, who were interested in finding each other as allies, came together, and White Peak and Victoria's frank meeting and mutual concessions added a layer of trust to the fragile bond of alliance between the two sides.
Throughout the night, Bai Feng and Victoria had been talking about the specific details of the development of the two sides working together, and Bai Yi and Bai Er, who had been staying in the military tent to protect Bai Feng, left the military tent at the right time with the six untied Dark Council Protectors.
Before dawn the next day, after leaving a copy of the secret art of taming beasts of the Dark Council, the Holy Maiden Victoria quietly left the barracks that no longer belonged to the White Peak with the six Dharma Protectors and five hundred Dark Knights she had brought with her.
After a simple breakfast, Bai Feng personally led the army under his command and set off for the east of the empire; this time, it was no longer the conventional infantry units in the past that acted as the vanguard of the army, but the three thousand elite cavalry of the Shenshu Battalion of the Pro-Guard Guard!
Because of his status as the younger brother of Azig and Dolgon, Duoduo, who was appointed by Bai Feng as the commander of the two yellow banners of the Shenshu camp, showed quite good ability in the process of commanding the cavalry of the two yellow banners, so much so that Bai Feng, who loved talents, specially appointed him as the vanguard of the march of the army.
The two yellow banners and 3,000 cavalry were followed by the pikes of Cabitus, Montgomery's Tempest, Ranocchia's Predators, White Peak's Guards, Barsaromu's 74th Legion, and Felix's 77th Legion.
Leopold's Eighty-second Legion and Donald's Cavalry Legion were escorting grain, grass, gold, silver and jewels in the rear of the army, and these grain, grass, gold, silver and jewels filled with countless wagons and ox carts were all captured by the White Peak army and belonged to every soldier of the army.