Chapter 111: The Shadow of the Empire (I)
Tiandao: "Although Vetani has been arrested, there is still a problem. ”
Chris: "What's the problem?" ”
Heavenly Dao: "Zelmandrak Empire!" ”
Hitbels: "From my conversations with the Director, we have noticed that the forces of the Zelmandrak Empire are gathering too quickly. ”
Tiandao: "That's right. 100,000 is not a small amount, the Zelmandrak Empire is not much land away from the border of the Moult Empire, and there are several neutral territories in between, it is impossible for them to gather so many troops so quickly, and they also have to negotiate with the management of multiple neutral territories to allow them, it is obvious that the Zelmandrak Empire has been prepared for a long time, and it must have notified the neutral countries in advance. Since there has been no report from the Dawning Mansion, it is very likely that it is someone inside the Zelmandrak Empire who is secretly operating this matter inside. The Director has asked us to go to the Zelmandrak Empire to investigate the matter thoroughly! ”
Four: "Yes!!" ”
Tiandao: "However, due to the exhaustion and exhaustion of you in various places in the past few days, and the war has just subsided, we will not act for the time being during this sensitive period, and we will go back in a few days, and after three days, we will go to D3 to get the mission information." Now, disbanded on the spot! ”
Three days later, Hinter and the others came to D3 and received the task, the initial experience of the task is 200, the information: investigate the interior of the Zelmandrak Empire, clues: the top of the empire, the deceased, and Tumandrato
Since it is necessary to investigate the interior of the Zelmandrak Empire, the first thing must be to investigate the external factors, the person who was eliminated by Vetani. How Vetany knew that this man knew that he was one of the leaders of the Diac League was still a mystery
Therefore, the first step of Sintr and the others' actions was to go to the Moult Empire and investigate the information of this person. Matas, 42 years old, former commander of the Fifth Division of the Eighth Army of the Namurt Empire, was expelled from the army for a violent accident 5 years ago
The two became friends because of this matter, although they were in different empires, but a general with a damaged reputation could no longer be an imperial soldier, so he retired and lived an ordinary life.
Chris: "This is the information I transferred from the police station, and the details are not clear. ”
Sintrkuk: "I found this contact tree in his home with Mafik's contact details on it. ”
Max: "According to our previous analysis, combined with the current clues, the contact information of the two should only be unique to each other, even if the Diack Alliance will receive different commissions, but the contact information of the leader should not be exposed." ”
Hitbels: "This time the leader is General Tumandrato, who is the most famous general in the Zelmandrak Empire. Since we can't investigate any clues here, we might as well go to his side, but I have to avoid it, after all, he also witnessed me rush out of the Dark Temple in the first place, and he also led the army to participate in the Battle of Doom. ”
Sintrkuk: "Alright, let's go." ”
The investigation in the Moult Empire found nothing, and then the three of them went to the military camp where Tumandrato was, and Hitbels had indirect contact with Tumandrato several times, so he chose to stay in a tavern in a small town, waiting for Hinter and others to get clues
Zelmandrak Guard: "Stop! Military stronghold, no trespassing! ”
Sintle Cook: "We're WIB investigators, and we've been told to investigate. ”
Tumandrato: "WIB investigator? Now that the war has subsided, and the culprit Vetany has been imprisoned in the Dawning Tower, what else are you going to investigate? ”
Max: "It's not a big deal, just a small investigative report, and it's going to be over soon." ”
Tumandrato: "Then you guys come with me." ”
Hinter and the others followed Tumandrato to the office of the command building
Tumandrato: "You guys have something important to ask, right?" ”
Max: "He is a veteran of many battles, and he can see through our intentions at a glance." ”
Tumandrato: "Don't exaggerate, I'm an Imperial soldier, so I'm naturally loyal to the Empire." But this time, I also had doubts, I led the army, easily crossed several borders and outposts of neighboring countries, and the neighboring countries did not ask us for our purpose or why we let them go. ”
Sintrkuk: "The general also has this doubt? ”
Tumandrato: "I have been in the army for more than ten years, so I naturally know that if you want to cross the border of neutral countries and march through the territory of various countries, you have to go through several very complicated procedures to clear the customs clearance documents, and you also have to negotiate with these neighboring countries in advance, and this negotiation has to be carried out between the top level of the empire and the neighboring countries, and our imperial army has no right at all. ”
Chris: "So, sure enough, someone had already communicated beforehand, and they had crossed the Dawn Council. ”
Tumandrato: "Soldiers should always be ready for war, but they should not provoke wars. This incident is seriously inconsistent with the style of the Empire, so I also want to know the reason, but as an Imperial General, it is not appropriate for me to suspect and investigate the top echelons of the Empire. So, I hope you guys can help me investigate the whole story. ”
Sintle Cook: "General, do you really believe us?" ”
Tumandrato: "I don't want allegiance to an empire that hides great secrets, especially when it comes to the security of the empire and the military problems of its neighbors. I'm going to give you a list of the troop commanders who have been mobilized for this operation, and although I don't know who sent them, you should be able to follow these mouths and get some clues. ”
Hinter and the others took the list and walked out of the barracks, and from this moment on, they admired Tumandrato even more, and from him, they found a righteous and majestic figure, he was a soldier worthy of their admiration
There are three names on the list, Remos, commander of the 5th Division of the 1st Army, Ihat, commander of the 9th Division of the 10th Army, and Linton, commander of the 4th Regiment of the 6th Division of the 13th Army. All three of them were defenders in different areas, commanders of different armies, and in an area not close to the location of the Tumandrato army on the border line, what was even more strange was that although the three of them were commanders under the large army group, they were not army group commanders, they were all commanders of those army group affiliated units
When Sinter and the others arrived in the town, and after finding Hitbels, they set out for the garrisons of the armies to find the commanders on the list
The first thing I looked for was naturally Linton, who had the lowest rank among the three
Hinter Cook: "Chief Linton, we're WIB investigators. Came and asked you something. ”
Linton: "What's the matter?" ”
Max: "When did you receive the centralized order to go to the border?" ”
Linton: "This ...... It's a military secret. ”
Hitbels: "We're not going to spread the word out, just to do an investigation. Of course, you can also not say such things...... It's not us next time. ”
Linton: "I... I got ......."
Although Hitbels said this in a calm tone, there was a hidden oppressive force. They now represent the WIB, and Linton knows that if he doesn't give out the information they want now, the next time it will be the people of the Dawning Council, or even the gods
Linton: "We received a notice two days before the operation began, informing me that I had gathered all the soldiers of the four regiments and had something important to do. Since it was an order from above, I couldn't disobey it. ”
Max: "Who informed you?" ”
Linton: "It's Lord Catlanton, the Imperial Minister of War, and it's Lord Catlanton's deputy, Veskoman, who has come to report the news." ”
Hinter Cook: "Thank you for your cooperation. ”
It was enough to get two names, and Hinter and the others didn't want to arouse more suspicion, so they quickly left the barracks, and then hurried to the other two barracks
11:45 p.m., Tavern
Sintrkuk: "We've looked into the other two barracks, and they've come up with the same name. Secretary of War Catlanton, deputy Viskoman, but still not enough. ”
Chris: "It was two days before the operation, and the armies were assembled and set off at that time, but this is just a report from the army, and now the clues only point to the people who have assembled the troops, but in terms of diplomats, we have no clues. ”
Max: "General Tumandrato said that the military is not regent, diplomacy is politics, and the military has no right to intervene. Then the person who negotiates is probably even higher in rank than Catlanton. ”
Hitbells: "Although we learned from the three armies where Catlanton lived, we first had to confirm whether Vescoman really followed Catlanton's orders, and we had to take this step by step." ”
Hinter Cook: "We've got the address of Vescoman as well, and he should have been back home by now. We can take the opportunity to investigate him. ”
Max: "I'm almost done, and I'm ready to go." ”
After some investigation during the day, the clues all pointed to two high-ranking officials of the Zelmandrak Empire, but after reasoning, these two people belonged to the members of the Ministry of Military Affairs, although they were high-ranking members of the Empire, but they also belonged to the military, and they had no right to negotiate with neighboring countries, which was said by Tumandrato himself
Therefore, behind these two people, there is also a person with higher authority, while making external negotiations, he ordered the Ministry of Military Affairs to mobilize troops, and there are not many people who have such rights, but they are all high-level people in the empire, such as the king of the empire, the minister of political affairs, the leader of the regency group, and so on.
Moreover, this matter is very serious, and the unauthorized transfer of troops without notifying the Dawning Council is a major event that damages the reputation of the empire, and it is also clear that he is working against the Dawning Council. But on the other hand, if the wrong senior officials are investigated, the reputation of the Dawning Council will also be damaged, after all, Hinter and others represent the WIB, and the WIB also indirectly represents the Dawning Council. What's more, they also use the fake identity of WIB.
When everyone came to Veskoman's house, Vescoman was just about to rest, and after Hinter and the others knocked on the door, he put down the documents on the table, got up and went to the door, opened the door of the house, and read the latest chapter of "Age of Warcraft: A New Era Claw Book House" for free for the first time.