On a sunny day, on a school field outside Xinling City, groups of soldiers lined up in a neat queue and gathered, but today is the day of the expedition. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Brotherhood's ruling area has an official name, and the army under the Brotherhood's command has a new name, which is now called the Imperial Army, and some of the names of the other armies have been changed, but the basic composition and structure of the army have not changed.

The predecessor of the Imperial Army can be traced back to the period of masked bandits, when the young men and sisters of Xiao Tianlei and his brothers were trained, and then they continued to grow until they later occupied Lingzhou and recruited young adults among the Shanyue people to establish the Shanyue Army. Up to now, the members of the Imperial Army are not limited to the young and strong in the mountains, in addition to the local young and strong in Lingzhou, the largest source of soldiers is selected from slave labor, these people used to be bandits, robbers, pirates, and the officers and soldiers of Great Xia.

The Imperial Army can be roughly divided into two types: combat soldiers and auxiliary troops, with the combat soldiers, as the main combat tasks, divided into many specialized arms, and the auxiliary troops responsible for logistics support work, and also have their own division of labor. Specialization and regularization are the characteristics of the Imperial Army, and it takes a lot of effort and money to train such an army, and the cost of maintaining this army is also staggering.

Even if the brotherhood's earning ability is strong enough, such a huge military expenditure is not a big burden, but Xiao Tianlei's establishment of the army was not originally put there to scare people, if you want to make money, what business in the world is faster than war money?

As the so-called ass decides the brain, sitting in Xiao Tianlei's current position, he will definitely not think about how many people will die in the war, how many people will be ruined, and so on, right and wrong, good and evil are not important, just a simple economic account, at the beginning, the establishment of the army was nothing more than to protect itself, now, self-protection is not a big problem, but we have to try to maintain this army, and it cannot lose money, and continue to grow. After several wars, most wars, the Imperial Army has grabbed a lot of spoils from it, and the individuals in the army have also shared in the benefits, and now the Imperial Army is a beast of fierce disease, and it needs constant wars to fill its stomach.

Whether it is out of the personal needs of Xiao Tianlei and his brothers, or the needs of the imperial army, in short, the countries of the Western Regions have become the new prey of the imperial army, but the countries of the Western Regions are not something that Xiao Tianlei can fight with his mouth.

The countries of the Western Regions occupy a vast area, but most of them are barren lands, and there is not much land for people to survive. Their kings and royal families are nothing more than soil emperors, and many countries are just one city.

However, if you underestimate the countries of the Western Regions, it would be a big mistake, although the land of the countries of the Western Regions is barren and the population is not large, but because of the trade routes of the Western Regions, they are all rich and have their own armies, and the number is not much, most of them are elite soldiers. Don't look at the many contradictions in the Western Regions in peacetime, attacking each other, once they encounter foreign enemies, they will unite, and they are familiar with the local environment, foreign troops, not familiar with water sources, terrain, no need to fight, they have already lost, besides, the cities of the Western Regions countries have been operating for at least hundreds of years, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

With the national strength of Great Xia, it is not to attack these countries, but to establish a Western Regions Protectorate to control, although it is the mentality of the Celestial Empire, and it looks down on the barren land of these small countries, but also because these countries are not easy to deal with, these countries have also tried to invade the interior in history, and some dynasties in Middle-earth are at most expelled, and they want to attack and destroy these countries again, but they are weak and the gains outweigh the losses. The countries of the Western Regions also see the wind and rudder, and if the situation is not right, they will submit to the Middle-earth Dynasty, which is often for its own face, and the emperors of the past dynasties also like the feeling of all nations coming to the court, and they tend to treat the countries of the Western Regions more favorably.

Now that there is civil strife in Great Xia, the countries of the Western Regions have mobilized their troops, probably because they feel that the Brotherhood has not suppressed their strength, and the people in Mozhou can't handle it, so they even sent people to threaten the Brotherhood to withdraw from Mozhou, as for the specific meaning of the Western Regions countries, or the forces of Mozhou secretly make it bad, it is not Xiao Tianlei's concern, anyway, in his opinion, the countries of the Western Regions are currently an excellent target.

Since the establishment of the Brotherhood, the wars experienced have basically had elements of tricks, large-scale frontal battles, and have not yet experienced it, this time, Xiao Tianlei intends to use the countries of the Western Regions as a training ground for a large-scale battle, which can be regarded as the first battle after the official renaming of the Imperial Army. In addition to the cavalry that originally fought with the Western Regions Protectorate in Mozhou, Xiao Tianlei mobilized other arms and mobilized almost half of the regular army of the Imperial Army.

"Big Boss, Envoy Xiao asks to see you."

Xiao Tianlei was observing the military appearance of the armies, at this time, a guard came to report and handed over a greeting post, Xiao envoy refers to Xiao Tianyou, and now he is the special envoy of Beiliang to Lingzhou. Xiao Tianyou is restless in Lingzhou, always making some small moves, trying to find ways to find out some information about the Brotherhood, and always trying to get some technology of the Brotherhood, but with the strengthening of the Brotherhood's control under the rule, it is extremely difficult for spies to move, Xiao Tianyou can't get any information, but some of the spies he sent were arrested and spent a lot of ransom on him, Xiao Tianlei didn't ask more, this kind of intelligence spying between countries is normal, tacitly, mainly because of the current trade with Beiliang, the Brotherhood can get a lot of benefits, otherwise, kicked Xiao Tianyou back to Beiliang with one kick earlier.

Xiao Tianlei hadn't seen Xiao Tianyou for a while, this time, most of them heard something, and took the opportunity to listen to the truth, but Xiao Tianlei didn't care, he read the post, and sandwiched a long gift list, saying: "He came at the right time...... Bring him here. ”

Not long after, Xiao Tianyou entered the school under the leadership of the guards, and said congratulations from afar: "Brother, congratulations!" ”

Seriously, Xiao Tianyou is really not suitable to be a diplomat, and his expression is a little contrived, which is the case with diplomacy in this era, but Xiao Tianlei's perspective is different from ordinary people, but, for the sake of giving gifts every time, Xiao Tianlei will endure it, and he will not reach out and not hit the smiling person.

"Oops...... Clan brother, why didn't you notify such a big thing, and the clan brother didn't have any preparations, and the clan brother planned to hold a ceremony appropriately? Xiao Tianyou said hello again and again, but he congratulated the Brotherhood on its founding.

"The Great Canon...... It's not like that, anyway, now that the Brotherhood is under the rule of the Star Sea Empire, it's not a big deal to take a name. Xiao Tianlei said casually.

"Not a big deal...... Brother clan, it's not that brother clan said you, you are very wrong, the establishment of the country is a big deal, you can't be sloppy, what do you let outsiders say? According to me, hold a ceremony to announce to the world, the scenery is ......"

Xiao Tianyou's mother-in-law like an old woman, chattering, Xiao Tianlei waved his hand to interrupt, and said: "Anyway, we don't have the time to do that, as for outsiders, let them be, I don't care." ”

Xiao Tianyou saw that Xiao Tianlei insisted and was unmoved, Xiao Tianyou still insisted: "Brother, you are really too hasty like this. ”

It's not just sloppy, it's just child's play! Claiming the founding of the country, it was simply notified in the newspaper, and it was a never-before-heard of Xinghai Empire, what bullshit name?! There was no ceremony, and there was no announcement to the world, which was really a bit of self-entertainment.

For Xiao Tianlei, who dominates all this, it is indeed regarded as a game, isn't there a saying in the previous life, life is like a play, and a huge force has been established, Xiao Tianlei doesn't want to be deeply involved in it, he lives a new life, but it is not for the sake of working hard all day long, no matter how his identity and status change, he doesn't care very much, he thinks that he always has to maintain a relaxed mentality, as for what outsiders think, Xiao Tian**** He is going to die, he doesn't need to prove it like anyone, show his strength or something, anyway, it's good to be happy, anyway, The Brotherhood has always cared completely about the eyes of others, and it has not had any friendship with other forces.

Xiao Tianyou couldn't take Xiao Tianlei, looking at Xiao Tianlei's casual attitude, knowing that he didn't care about this kind of thing at all, Xiao Tianyou didn't persuade him, and soon, he was attracted by the army on the school field, which was also one of the purposes for him to come at this time, to take a look at the army of the Brotherhood, I don't know if I don't know it, I was shocked when I saw it.

On the school field, with all kinds of passwords, rumbling footsteps, the soldiers lined up in a neat queue, both horizontal and vertical are straight lines, the movements are neat and uniform, there is no other noise except for the footsteps, no matter who looks, not to mention the personal force, just look at the implementation of military orders, we all know that these soldiers are rare elites, and Xiao Tianyou found that although every soldier is expressionless, but he always feels that these soldiers are very different from the elite soldiers he has seen before, specific, he can't say, of course, Xiao Tianyou didn't know what a spiritual outlook was and what an ideologically armed soldier was.

In addition, what Xiao Tianyou cares about is the flag of the Imperial Army, he can't pay attention to it, these flags are too eye-catching, generally speaking, experienced generals can see many problems from the flags, Xiao Tianyou is also a person who leads troops to fight, looking at the flags of the Imperial Army, he is confused, and always feels that the flags of the Brotherhood, the style of painting seems to be a little wrong, and the traditional flags are very different in shape and graphics, all kinds of bright and dazzling flags.

The flag of the Brotherhood used to be a symbol of a vicious boar's head, and the prototype was naturally a steel mane, and nothing else.

Now with the name of the Xinghai Empire, in order to fit this name, a Xinghai flag was designed as a flag, and the Imperial Army also has its own military flag, and the flags of other navies, various guards, and various branches of the military are all over the place.

Designing so many flags in a short period of time, of course, Xiao Tianlei had to pirate some symbols from his previous life, and the most were some logos in LOL games, such as the brothers' guards, which used the iconic weapons or skills of the hero template as flags.

"Brother, this is going to send troops?" Xiao Tianyou asked, but he asked knowingly, would the brothers be okay to make such a big move, gather so many elite soldiers, and know with their knees, there must be some movements.

"Hmm." Xiao Tianlei did not deny that he could not hide it from others when he attacked the countries of the Western Regions, and he did not intend to hide it, and he pulled out the army in a bright and bright manner.

"Where are you going to attack?" Xiao Tianyou asked cautiously, for fear of committing Xiao Tianlei's taboo, and faintly looked forward to it.

Now that Great Xia is divided and the heroes are rising, Bei Liang also wants to profit from it, but now Bei Liang's army is blocked from the pass and it is difficult to enter the pass. Moreover, with past experience, every day in the chaos of Middle Earth, there will always be some amazing talents, the stars are like clouds, and the strategists are like rain, and those rising forces, if you want to talk about combat power, I am afraid that it is not weaker than the original Great Xia, if you enter the customs at this time, you may be attacked by all forces, this is not without precedent, but Bei Liang does not want to watch dryly, waiting for Middle Earth to calm down, and establish a strong new dynasty again, when the time comes, Bei Liang is afraid that it will be difficult again, and the new dynasty established may be stronger than Great Xia.

Of course, Bei Liang doesn't want to see that happen, and hopes that the longer the war in Great Xia, the better, the Brotherhood is now a force, if the Brotherhood is also mixed in it, and the chaos is added to the chaos, then it is naturally the best, but the answer given by Xiao Tianlei made Xiao Tianyou very disappointed, although he has long been accustomed to the whimsical and unexpected of the Brotherhood, Xiao Tianyou is still puzzled and asked: "Fight the countries of the Western Regions!" …… Why the Western Regions? ”

"Of course the persimmon picks the soft pinch, the countries of the Western Regions are weak, who will they fight if they don't fight?" Xiao Tianlei is naturally authentic.

"Brother, this move is inappropriate, what are you doing with that place in the Western Regions? Besides, there is no name for righteousness, so I am afraid that I will be criticized for sending troops rashly. Besides, the countries of the Western Regions have always been self-contained, once they encounter a foreign enemy, they will join forces, it is not easy to deal with, that place in the Western Regions is still sandy soil, even if it is defeated, it will not be good, the gains outweigh the losses......" Xiao Tianyou tried to persuade.

Xiao Tianlei's attention was not on Xiao Tianyou at all, and he was noncommittal about his statement, did he need any reason for the expansion of the country? If you need a righteous name, it's nothing more than making an excuse, that's too simple! What is guilty of it, lost soldiers, caravans being robbed, etc., as for whether the other party accepts it or not, it is a question of who is strong and who is weak.

“…… Brother, why do you have to attack the Western Regions? It's far away and it's not beneficial, you see, Yizhou and Jingzhou are at your doorstep, and it's easy to take them with your military appearance, and when the time comes, the brotherhood will dominate the land of several states, and at that time, the country will be officially established, and no one in the world will dare to say anything! Xiao Tianyou encouraged.

Xiao Tianlei glanced at Xiao Tianyou and said, "Who said it's no good?" I heard that the countries of the Western Regions are quite rich, and it just so happens that I have not been happy with them recently, and I plan to go to **** for a vote. ”

"Uh......"

Xiao Tianyou knows that it is useless to persuade him, since he met Xiao Tianlei, Xiao Tianlei's behavior has always been his own way, willful and reckless, once he decides something, others have no way to interfere. However, it often turns out that these actions are extremely prescient, otherwise, the brothers would not have come to this point, Xiao Tianyou considered whether Xiao Tianlei had any deep intentions in attacking the countries of the Western Regions? The time to contact the Brotherhood is not short, Xiao Tianyou still can't understand the Brotherhood, and there is no way to speculate.

"Then I wish the clan brother a victory!"

There was no way to persuade Xiao Tianlei, and it was useless for Xiao Tianyou to stay, so he said goodbye and left, but along the way, Xiao Tianyou secretly paid attention to the conversations of some soldiers, but these soldiers were some auxiliaries.

"It's better to be a soldier, it's really majestic!" A young auxiliary, looking enviously at the soldiers.

"Let your kid usually not work hard, now regret it! Can't catch up with this big war. The older auxiliaries said.

"Hmph, look at it, I'm almost able to stimulate my anger!" The young auxiliary said with a little pride.

"It's not just Gangqi, have you passed the culture class?" Another auxiliary asked.

The young auxiliary immediately hung his head and said, "Uh...... Why do leaders want to be soldiers to learn this, isn't that what literati do? ”

"You kid knows a fart, you learned those things, and you are good at fighting, otherwise you don't know how to die in battle, if it weren't for my age, it would be difficult to stimulate Gangqi, ala......s," the older auxiliary soldier sighed.

"However, it's not that there is no chance, if you encounter some enemy troops, if you make a meritorious service, you may be promoted out of the ordinary."

"That depends on luck, let's say it first, don't give me recklessness, everything has to be done according to the rules, whoever wants to delay things, don't blame me for being polite."

"I know, I know, I heard that the opponent this time is not easy to deal with, do you think you can win this time?"

The elder auxiliary soldier immediately said: "The leader of our brotherhood never makes a loss-making business, never fights a battle that is uncertain, and there must be a foolproof plan to dare to fight, besides, not to mention those soldiers, just an auxiliary soldier like us, who eats big fish and meat, good rice and white flour all day long, and has good weapons and armor, and can also do a top two on the battlefield, can this still lose?" Joke! ”

"The old team must be right when he says this, he used to be a soldier in the imperial court for many years, and he has seen a lot of things."

"Being able to be a soldier under the Brotherhood is a blessing for our eight lifetimes, and being a soldier in other places is not as good as a dog, and life is cheap! Let me tell you, when I was sent to be a slave laborer, I felt that life was like a blessing, and now I have more energy, my family has taken over, and I hope to fight more battles, save more money, and send our children to practice martial arts...... Give me a good job, since I am an auxiliary, I will do a good job, make an appearance! Don't let people underestimate it! ”

"Yes!"

"Veteran, that's right!"

"However, I heard from people outside that my brother will not grow."

The older auxiliaries yelled, "They know a fart! Don't listen to the nonsense of people outside, where do they know the details of the Brotherhood...... Belch...... Look at my mouth, I almost forgot, these things can't be talked about...... Those newcomers, when they win the battle this time and give bonuses, they will set up a home in Lingzhou and take their parents and brothers over to enjoy the blessings! ”

"I heard that the Hu girl over there in the Western Regions is beautiful, hey, this time I went to the Western Regions, if I could marry a Hu girl's daughter-in-law......"

"Hehe, work hard, as long as you save enough money, what is it to marry a bearded girl?"

…………

Xiao Tianyou eavesdropped on the words of those auxiliaries, and heard the key point, the auxiliary soldier seemed to be about to say something secret, the key point, he was so engrossed that he forgot to look at his feet, and as a result, he stumbled under his feet, planted a heel, and did not hear the secrets of the brotherhood. Xiao Tianyou did not give up, looked around in circles, eavesdropped, but found nothing.

"It's really a tiger and wolf army!"

Xiao Tianyou has only one evaluation of the imperial army he saw, these soldiers of the Brotherhood, whether they are auxiliaries or soldiers, are very belligerent, they want to fight more, and maintain excellent discipline at any time, the imperial army is officially launched, except for the cavalry, the other soldiers are all on eight-wheeled troop carriers, and there are some soldiers' families on the road along the way, no matter how they shout, those soldiers are silent. He had never seen such an army, and compared to the casualness of the Beiliang soldiers, it was even more incomparable, Xiao Tianyou couldn't help but feel a heavy pressure, and the "details of the brotherhood" he heard also lingered in his heart.

In addition to Xiao Tianyou, the Brotherhood's dispatch of troops attracted the attention and speculation of many people, and for the first time, the Imperial Army appeared in the eyes of many people with a complete appearance, and no matter what those people thought, the Imperial Army silently embarked on the road of the first official conquest. (To be continued.) )