Chapter 21 The Shadow Behind the Reception
Although Qianye was puzzled in his heart, such a fighter was not to be missed, and he directly began to charge, his arms were swirling with crimson light, and the warhammer once again brought a sharp roar, and after a round of stormy attacks, the Spider Demon Commander was knocked to the ground.
He stepped on the chest of the spider demon, pulled out the shining fangs, and stabbed deep into the heart, and the abundant blood and qi poured into his body along the shining fangs, and his spirit was immediately lifted.
After killing two spider demons and a werewolf again, Qianye's body was close to full of blood and qi again.
In the final battle, it was still many high-level warriors who assisted Wei Bonian in killing Soduo. However, having learned the lesson of the last time, Senya did not use the Shining Light Fang again when performing the glory of the last sword, but smashed the werewolf general's spine with a war hammer.
After this battle, the town of Black Mud was completely razed to the ground. Although Wei Bonian was wounded again, he seemed to be in a good mood, and he left only a symbolic garrison squadron and a scout squad to return to Blackstream City with the army. Thousand Nights and the Darkfire Mercenary Group were also taken away by him.
The first thing Wei Bonian did when he returned to Blackstream City was neither to strengthen the city's defenses nor to check the battle situation of the other fronts, he ordered people to prepare a grand celebration party, and invited all the people in the defense area to come.
The heads of Brahms and Sodo Soul Breaker were kept in secret ways and displayed at a celebratory reception, and the battle report was sent to the expeditionary headquarters, while the two trophies were sent to the Empire mainland to display their martial prowess.
Qianye is naturally one of the guests at the drinking party, and his mercenary group has also obtained several places to participate in the drinking party, which is also an honor. However, he was still not very accustomed to such a grand event, and after chatting with a few officers of the expeditionary force, he took food and found an unobtrusive corner behind the pillars of the hall. The Wei family is worthy of being a family, only one day and in wartime, but the details of the reception are impeccablely arranged.
Song Hu had been following Qianye's side, and naturally noticed Qianye's expression, and he waited until the two of them had almost cleaned up the food before he said, "Childe, doesn't you really understand, why did General Wei put so many urgent military affairs in order to deal with it, but celebrated with great fanfare at this time?"
Qianye looked up and saw that no one noticed them, and said, "Although we won two games, the casualties of the officers were close to one-third, and the casualties of the soldiers were also about the same proportion. And that's just the forces of the Dark Race coming from one direction. What he didn't say was that the battle situation was not easy but more tense, and it seemed too early to celebrate.
Song Hu seemed to understand what he was not trying to do, smiled and said, "Childe, when you get to the position of General Wei, you will see more aspects of the matter. For example, this time the Far Eastern Wei clan suddenly came to suppress the Seventh Division of the Expeditionary Force and killed a major general and division commander, although General Xiao Lingshi did not speak, but there were other generals at the headquarters of the Expeditionary Force, even if those people did not show it in their faces, how could they have no ideas in private? Even if they couldn't do anything clearly, they could do a lot behind their backs. ”
"Behind the scenes?" Chiya vaguely grasped something.
Song Hu said: "For example, supplies, for example, military salaries." Originally, the Empire had not allocated enough supplies to the expeditionary force, and now there were even fewer hands passing through the headquarters. Anyway, arrears are the norm, and it is from top to bottom, and no one will ask if the Seventh Division has received an exceptionally small amount. ”
"Hasn't the Wei family been allocating military supplies?"
Song Hu smiled and said, "The Wei family? The Wei family is far away in the Far Eastern Province, and it is thousands of miles away from the Eternal Night Continent? If it is sent from other continents, the freight will probably be several times the price of the materials." But if it is raised on the spot in the Eternal Night Continent, then it will not be able to bypass the headquarters of the expeditionary force. In fact, it is not only materials, but also military merits. ”
Qianye's eyes were cold, and he said lightly: "Do they still dare to deduct military merits?"
"Why don't you dare?" Song Hu asked rhetorically.
Qianye was slightly stunned, the red scorpion where he was located did not have this kind of atmosphere, but he had also heard that even within the main army there was an unfair distribution of military merits, but he never thought that a formed army could be deducted from military merit in a real battle.
"They even dare to move the Wei family's military exploits?" Qianye couldn't help frowning, not to mention that Wei Bonian was not an unknown little person in the Wei family.
Song Hu sneered and said, "What is the Wei family? The Marquis of Fengjiang is regarded as the number one person in the court, and he monopolizes the military and political power of the Far Eastern Province, but correspondingly, his voice in the imperial army is much worse. If the expeditionary corps talks about its comprehensive strength, it is still above the Wei family, but it is just such a behemoth, the interior is fragmented, and the sand is scattered, and Xiao Lingshi himself is not good, so his reputation in the empire is not obvious. ”
Speaking of this, Song Hu said proudly: "If the Song valve is changed, see if they dare to make any changes!"
Qianye raised his eyes to look at Song Hu, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and said, "General Wei's celebration reception this time is to preemptively release the rumors of the rumors, so that some people in the expeditionary force headquarters dare not go too far?"
"Exactly. ”
Qianye felt uncomfortable for a while, "The warriors who fought to the death on the front line must be deducted, and who else will be willing to fight for the empire in the future." ”
Song Hu's expression was calm as usual, without any anger, and he shrugged his shoulders and said, "This is the abandoned land of the Empire, isn't it? Some people don't want to plan so much, and they don't want to take such a long-term view. What's more, Wu Zhengnan's matter is a thorn, and some people wish that the Seventh Division would be annihilated. ”
Qianye took a deep breath, and for a moment she didn't know whether to be angry or depressed.
At this time, a guard of the Wei family came over and said, "Young Master Qian, General Wei has invited you to come over, he is in the study." ”
Qianye nodded to Song Hu and left with the guards.
Song Hu looked at Qianye's back and smiled silently. This friend of the Seventh Young Master is a good hand at individual combat, but in other aspects it is like a blank piece of paper, it is really a typical result of receiving elite training since childhood, if there is no accident, it will grow into the sharpest combat knife. However, if everything is too rigid, it is easy to break.
But now it seems that there may not be too much to worry about, although it doesn't match the temperament, but Qianye has a keen sense of strategy, and even if he doesn't lay out in the future, he shouldn't easily fall into other people's bureaus.
In the study, Wei Bonian was standing in front of the war zone map that occupied one wall, his eyebrows tightly locked, and his face was solemn. It is completely different from the appearance of him who was high-spirited and laughing at the cocktail party just now.
"General, are you looking for me?" Chiya knocked on the half-hidden door and walked in.
Wei Bonian handed over a few pieces of paper and said, "The battle report I just received, take a look!"
Qianye took it and took a look, and was taken aback: "Xiyan Town has been lost, and Zhonghui Town and Sanbai Town have also been lost?"
"The defenders were wiped out, and only a few people fled. Wei Bonian's voice was very heavy.
These three towns are located on the border of the defense zone, and they are the frontiers facing the territory of the Dark Realm. Now that all three towns have been lost, it is clear that an army of the Dark Race has also appeared in that direction.
"Why are there so many troops coming over this time?" Qianye suddenly remembered something and asked, "General, how are your injuries?"
Wei Bonian sighed and said with a wry smile: "In two major battles in a row, the accumulated injuries have to be recuperated for a week or two, and it will be very dangerous if there is another general." "This is also due to the special family heirloom technique of Wei Bainian, Qianzhong Mountain is a top-level defensive technique, otherwise if you want to kill a general with comparable strength, how can you not pay a price. Wei Bonian is now mainly the accumulation of injuries from successive wars, and he has not been seriously injured, which is already an excellent result.
Qianye couldn't help but be awe-struck, looking at the battle report, the three border towns were defeated almost as soon as they engaged, and they didn't even have time to send a message for help, and the leader of the dark army must be a general.
If Wei Bainian can't stop it, then the situation is worrying. If Qianye succeeds in a sneak attack now, he can seriously injure an ordinary warrior with a full blow, but it is absolutely impossible to be fatal, and he will definitely not be able to escape from the opponent's serious injury counterattack.
Wei Bonian let out a breath and said, "Although this incident is unexpected, it is not completely unprovoked. I've made some preparations here, and that's what I'm going to do with this party. ”
"To avoid being detained for military merit?" asked Qianye a little hesitantly.
Wei Bonian shook his head and said, "Military merit is a trivial matter. As long as it is not the descendants of the generals at the headquarters of the expeditionary force, they will always be detained, but more and less. I'm holding this reception to let everyone know that we have two great victories. This military merit is placed there, and no matter what I do next, no one can criticize it. ”
Qianye was slightly stunned, waiting for Wei Bonian's next words.
Sure enough, Wei Bonian stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the map, saying, "I have ordered that all the troops withdraw to Blackstream City, and all the outlying towns will be abandoned, including the Sishui base. ”
This strategy suddenly surprised Qianye, and it seemed to be a military taboo to retreat into a city to defend it. Without the depth of the battle line, it would not be a lonely city, not to mention that the city defense of Blackstream City did not reach the strength of Dark Blood City at all.
Wei Bonian said: "The dark race has mobilized more troops than everyone imagined this time, although I don't know what they want to do, but the plan will definitely not be the barren land of the Seventh Division. Concentrate all the military forces on Blackstream City, and whoever wants to eat us will have to pay a sufficient price. As long as this price is heavy to a certain extent, if I were the commander of the other party, I would definitely take a detour and never get entangled in this. ”
Speaking of this, Wei Bonian regained his usual calm and leisurely manner, and said with a smile: "The soldiers of the dark race are so sharp, it is time for the colleagues of the expeditionary force to taste it." See how many waves of attacks they can hold off and how many generals they kill. ”
Qianye couldn't help but be dumbfounded, Wei Bainian's practice of shrinking into a corner and letting go of the avenue was a clear and shaky disaster. Not to mention the dark army after the division in several directions, even the one that passed through the Black Marsh, if Wei Bonian did not advance the battle line, once the two armies of Brahms and Sodo were united, it would be very difficult for Blackstream City to be able to hold it.
Wei Bonian patted Qianye's shoulder and said meaningfully: "When this war is over, maybe Blackflow City will be yours." ”