The effects of the fiasco in the South-West campaign are fading, the Gaul region of August has become a dense yellow color, the once fertile land has become dry and cold, and the region east of Rasti, the Gallic provinces, which have not been greatly affected by the war, are still prosperous, at least on the surface, with white frost on the roads, and recruitment notices can be seen everywhere in the villages along the way,

A group of young Gallic men gathered around the recruitment office, pointing at the contents of the recruitment posting

"Come and join the Imperial Army, eat and drink" The officer at the recruitment office had a loud voice, trying his best to promote the benefits of joining the army, and behind him stood several specially selected Imperial infantrymen, a suit of infantry armor that looked majestic in the sun, attracting the attention of many young people," Wearing gorgeous imperial armor, wielding a sharp knight's sword, 3 silver coins a month, maybe next time you come back, you will be the most influential person in the entire village, even if the lord of the village sees you, he will bow down and call you an adult, glory, beauty, wealth, because there are everything, such rich conditions are not available every time!"

"Is it true, the conditions are so good this year!"

A young man in the crowd stared at the notice, swallowed his saliva, his eyes showed an irrepressible desire, the conditions are too rich, in previous years, recruiting soldiers, one silver coin a month, but this year, three silver coins a month, three times more than in previous years, except for the passion for adventure, which young man did not have the intention to move,

The man wields a sword to fight in all directions, and returns to his hometown with full glory, which makes people's blood boil when he thinks about it, not to mention that in the interior of the Gallic Empire, the hierarchy is strict, the nobility is high, and the system of continuous inheritance is adopted.

"Come on, this young man who is destined to become a big man, come forward and press your handprint, you will become an officer at a glance, if you are appreciated by an adult, you may become a figure of ten thousand people" The officer at the recruitment office looked at this young man, and his face immediately smiled,

Stretched out his finger and pointed to the row of polished infantry chain mail and iron shields on the weapon rack behind him, and said, "See the soldiers behind me, the full set of armor and shields of the imperial soldiers." As long as you put your handprint on the notebook, you can be the lucky one who is envied by them, what a glorious thing!"

"Really, Rebru, let's go to the army together!" a young man in sackcloth said to his whispered companion as he looked at the majestic soldier behind the recruiter

"Don't listen to his nonsense, I heard that the Empire was defeated by the Dark Devil Army in the northwest, and many people died!" The companion named Ruibru was a young man with curly blond hair, his eyes were also full of longing, but his mouth was a little disdainful, "Now go to join the army." It's to be cannon fodder!"

"Who said this, how could the imperial army fail!" The officer happened to hear the words of the two, his face suddenly changed slightly, and he said in a stern tone, "Not necessarily." My cousin had just returned from the western Rasti region, and the young man who spoke up just now pursed his lips and said unconvincedly, "She said that in Rasti, the Northwest Demon Army slaughtered hundreds of thousands of imperial troops! I can't count too many to count, and when I walk at night, I can clearly hear the sound of wild dogs gnawing on corpses in the field!" I also heard that the current western part of the empire has been completely reduced to the control area of the Northwest Demon Army" Another young man said with a hesitant expression, "The Imperial Army suffered heavy casualties on the front line, so it launched a conscription in advance, otherwise, according to convention, it is generally not conscripted until the spring!"

"Nonsense, the early recruitment is because the empire is advancing in the northwest, and the northwest barbarians who fought on the front line have lost their armor, as a good man of the empire, it is a good opportunity for you to make contributions" The officer of the recruitment office said angrily, "If I hear you slander like this again, I will immediately order your arrest!" "If you don't want to join, please go away immediately, don't delay my time, I really don't know good people!" The officer waved his hand angrily to the people around him, and several soldiers behind him hurriedly walked up to drive them away

"What! I got angry so quickly, and there was a problem! Hurry up, hurry up, I don't want to die" The young men gathered in front of the recruitment notice scattered, leaving an empty recruitment office

"Bastards, they're all a bunch of selfish, timid guys!" The recruiting officer looked at the lack of left, and immediately scolded angrily, several soldiers lowered their heads, and one soldier looked up at the sky, hesitated for a moment and said, "Head, now there is news of the defeat of the front line everywhere, what the hell is going on! The recruitment notice that was supposed to be recruited in the spring has been posted so eagerly now, there will be no real problems!"

"Hey, who knows!" the officer sighed helplessly, put his hand on the blank roster on the child, and said with a smile. I only know that the western front is tight, and there is an urgent need for reinforcement of troops, and there are rumors in private that the empire's army gathered in the west has suffered a fiasco, and hundreds of thousands of corpses are scattered all over the field, although such news has been blocked with all its might, but it is also impossible to avoid a small part of the outflow, this officer in the recruitment office has heard some senior officers say in private that the empire has lost more than 300,000 troops in the west, and the defense of the west is being dragged into the whirlpool little by little, once the fragile appearance is broken, the interior of the empire may be affected on a larger scale, and the front line continues to need reinforcements, otherwise, the empire will not only lose the west。

"No, it's not going to be here soon!" a few soldiers frightened a spirit, they belonged to the local army in the Beaichi region, less than 400 miles away from the rumored Rusty region, and only a province across it,

"That's why we have to recruit so urgently! This time, there is a strict order from above, each recruitment office needs to recruit at least 10 people, otherwise it will be deducted according to the standard of one less person deducting a silver coin, the recruitment notice has been hung for half a month, and we have recruited only eight soldiers, if it was in previous years, such generous conditions would have recruited 100 people long ago, it really makes people have to worry!"

The recruiting officer's face was gloomy, he was only the lowest officer, similar to the general infantry captain and the like, and he only had ten silver coins a month, this was because he was old, he had been in the army for more than ten years, and he had an extra allowance of 3 silver coins. If it is other lower-level officers, life is even more difficult,

Of course, this recruitment is not only a punishment, if the number of recruits exceeds the standard, there will be a silver coin for each additional person, which is a condition just recently mentioned, all the infantry captains ran out to recruit soldiers, hoping to recruit as many young and strong people as possible to join the army, and the regional military resources began to be tense. As for the situation at the front, this officer from the enlistment office is not clear, he is only a low-level officer, and most of the news is hearsay, but from the bottom of his heart, he still firmly believes that the empire will not fail,

The officer waited for a while, saw that several young people passing by were deliberately avoiding the announcement of the recruiting office, and sensed that no one would come. So he ordered his subordinates, "We can't wait any longer, tomorrow is the final deadline, pack up, let's go to Anqili Village to have a look!"

"Anqili Village? That's a hill people's village!" Hearing the officer's order, several soldiers were startled, and their faces turned a little pale,

The so-called mountain people. It is the kind of hunter who lives in the deep mountains and old forests all the year round, and this kind of person is generally an excellent shooter, because the residence is not fixed. Therefore, not paying taxes to the local tax collector is the most hated group of tax collectors, coupled with the discrimination and expulsion of some local nobles, conflicts often break out between the two, and the relationship between the mountain people and the mountain people is very tense

"There's no way, now I can only go there and give it a try!" The officer sighed with an ugly face, he was a middle-aged man about forty years old, his temples were a little gray, and he was wearing a washed white sergeant's blue background cross uniform, the recruitment notice had been posted for half a month, and there were fewer and fewer people in the nearby area who were willing to join the army,

Thinking that he still lacked the last two places, the officer felt a headache, and looked at the hesitant looks of several soldiers, and the corner of his mouth smiled" After all, we don't want to provoke the mountain people with strong folk customs, and the mountain people don't want to provoke the local army to encircle and suppress them, and sometimes, some young mountain people will also go out of the mountains and join the army as mercenaries in exchange for property.

"The Twenty-seventh Infantry Regiment in the Aceh area, I heard that they also went to Rustie last month! I don't know what happened now!" A soldier who was packing up his weapons rack turned around in some surprise when he heard the officer's words, and there was a sudden silence all around, everyone stopped what they were doing, and their eyes were focused on the officer

"What else, I'm afraid it's more auspicious!" The middle-aged officer said secretly in his heart, looking at the red glow in the sky with a solemn face, and spewed out a breath out of tune, at this moment, a faint rolling sound came from a distance, and several soldiers also felt something, and their eyes turned in one direction,

western

Under the crimson clouds in the sky, in the shadowy sky, groups of black-armored cavalry swept across the earth like a swift wind, and the snow on the ground was rolled up under the horses' hooves, like a white tornado that swept the earth "That's!" The middle-aged officer's eyes were glazed, and he was completely stunned,

I saw a group of black cavalry, lined up in a fast-moving black long line, shining with a dark luster under the golden light of the sun, dense cavalry queues continued to emerge on the high hills, from a distance it looked like a black wall that suddenly appeared in the hilly area, the vast and hard earth, in the huge vibration sound raised by the galloping war horse cluster, gradually became clearer, closer and closer, a golden falcon battle flag with teeth and claws fluttering in the wind, the wings made of gold threads, with a burst momentum that soared into the sky, like a living creature coldly staring at the land in front of him。 "It's the cavalry of the Northwest Demon Army!" The middle-aged officer shuddered, and hurriedly shouted, "Everyone dodge" Several soldiers were so frightened that they hurriedly scattered to both sides, "Enemy...... Enemy attack!" A soldier looked at the black cavalry cluster that was attacking in front of him, his eyes were already glazed, his lips trembled, his eyes almost burst out, staring at the black armor of the cavalry that could be clearly seen, he felt a dry throat, and before he had time to run, he sat on the ground with weak feet,

The rushing black iron stream drowned him "Ruilai!" The middle-aged officer who had avoided the side saw this scene with bloodshot eyes, and shouted the soldier's name with all his might, and the sound of the horse's hooves made his shout seem so vague, and the black cavalry rolled forward, kicking up a cloud of dust, and the wind burst through their ranks, and the red tassels on the top of their helmets were neatly blown like flames. Like a sudden flash of bright red, a chill that cools the soul spreads in the wind,

The black cavalry armor in front of him was all around, and the surging torrent of steel blocked the officer's vision, and the officer's shouts gradually weakened, and even revealed a sad despair,

He didn't know why he saw the cavalry of the Northwest Demon Army here, this was the hinterland of the region four hundred miles from the front line!

It is conceivable that Ruilai, who didn't have time to run out, was trampled around by so many war horses. At this moment, I am afraid that it has turned into indistinguishable minced meat, and the black rolling over his corpse is the color of the rumored Northwest Demon Army, which is synonymous with death, blood, and brutality!" "The whole army is speeding up, and it must enter the Rig region today!"

Hukochili, riding on his galloping horse, looked up at the sky, and commanded loudly. The black Imperial General's armor exudes the coldness of metal, and behind him is the red Guards cloak fluttering in the wind, and the war horse galloping like the wind does not slow down in the slightest. Speeding past a Gallic soldier who was already completely frightened by being trapped in the middle of the cavalry group,

Next to him, there was a gray-haired veteran who wore the silver-platinum-rimmed armor of the Gallic Empire. Trying to control the horses to keep up with the cavalry cluster, his gaze paused at the body of the Gallic soldier, who had finally been completely paralyzed, and said with some dissatisfaction, "General Hukochili." After all, this is my Gallic hinterland, and it is easy for you to cause unnecessary misunderstandings by galloping like this!" "My king wants me to rush to Gallic Kyoto within five days, although it is a bit reckless, but I ask for your understanding!" Hukochili smiled disapprovingly on his horse, "And I believe in the riding skills of my subordinates, they are all elites who have been in battle for a long time, and they are used to seeing the sea of swords, guns and arrows, so this basic dodge technique is not a problem!" On the contrary, I came in all the way and saw the scene of conscription everywhere, so it seems that your country has other expectations for the armistice."

"Where, it's just a routine conscription every year!" the veteran Fetalia blushed, and the hand that grabbed the reins couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, shame! The other party's ridicule was so obvious, but he could only pretend to be calm, he was the deputy commander of the Sixth Legion in Gaul, and he was ordered to accompany the negotiating envoy of the Falcon Empire to Gallic Kyoto

Gaul lost the left flank of the Lasti area, and the shape was already in a sharp turn, and the commander of the Sixth Army, Hasenlimpo, gave the order to fight to the death, and was ready to let the Sixth Army fight to the death with more than 100,000 people, desperately trying to block the advance of the northwest rebels in the Lasti area,

But for some reason, the Northwest Rebel Army, which dominated the situation, suddenly stopped its strong attack on the right flank, and instead sent an envoy to propose that the two countries sign an armistice agreement in the name of the country, which could not help but make Hasenlimpo, who had already died, overjoyed.

According to the agreement, the Gallic Empire recognized the Falconry's occupation of the southwest and northwest regions, and the Falcon Empire stopped its invasion of the Gallic hinterland, and the two armies rested separately with Lasti as the central line.

Although the commander of the Sixth Army, Hasenlimpo, knew that once this agreement was signed, the Gallic Empire would truly lose its nominal control over the southwest and northwest regions,

But if it is not signed, once the Falcon Army attacks with all its strength and the Lasti area is broken through, Gaul will be in a crisis of turmoil throughout the territory.

With a sense of ambivalence, Hasenrampo had to report the armistice agreement to Gallic Kyoto, and said that the war situation in the Lusti region was almost collapsed, and there was a shortage of troops, and it was no longer possible to continue fighting.

Gallic Kyoto quickly replied, allowing a truce between the two sides, but the armistice agreement had to be signed in Gallic Kyoto.

For such a request from the Gauls, the fat man just smiled disdainfully, "It's almost scum, don't forget to take care of your own face!"

Obviously, the Gauls also knew that they could not fight again, but the celebration was being held in Gallic Kyoto, and the signing of the armistice agreement forced by the Northwest rebels at this time was undoubtedly a slap in the face, but if the Northwest Rebels sent people to Gallic Kyoto to sign, it would be another matter, and the Gallic Kyoto side could completely explain that this armistice was actually a gift to the Northwest rebels. "You go for a trip!" The fat man casually threw the Gaul's reply to the henchman general Hukochili next to him, "I'll give you a thousand guards cavalry to accompany you, don't lose the face of my falcon empire, the celebration of the Gallic emperor, if I have the opportunity, I want to go, it's a pity"

The fat man sighed, looking a little distracted, and said, "Remember, the most important thing is ......" "Examine the terrain and the provinces along the way, and pay attention to the internal changes in Gaul, right?

"Yes, this is the real reason for sending you to Gallic Kyoto, Salon's mind is too rough, and many choices do not understand military affairs, only you are the most suitable person to go to Gallic Kyoto!" The fat man smiled at the corners of his mouth, and the corners of his mouth grinned (to be continued......