Chapter 618: Belonging
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Shangguan Xiu glanced at the disheartened Bernie, stood up, paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, and after a while, he asked with a smile: "Obedient, there are still a lot of city-state armies and family armies in Besa, how is their combat strength compared to the royal army?"
"The strength of the city-state army and the family army is not much, and the overall combat power is naturally far inferior to the Wang Ting army, but the individual combat power and weapons and equipment are not inferior to the Wang Ting army. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Actually, in Bernie's opinion, the city-state army and the family army are nothing, and what is more terrifying than the royal army is the Holy See army, which is not many in number, but it is a top elite, and it has always been rumored that the Holy See army has begun to load muskets, as for whether it is true or not, he does not know.
In Besa, the royal court and the Holy See are two systems, just like the relationship between the court of the Wind Country and the Divine Pool, unlike the Wind Country, the power of the Holy See of Besa is far greater than the power of the Holy See in the Wind Country, and the succession of the King of Besa needs to be recognized by the Holy See, if the Holy See does not recognize the new king, then the king is illegal.
Of course, Shangguan Xiu didn't ask about the Holy See Army, and Bernie wouldn't be stupid enough to take the initiative to mention it.
Shangguan Xiu thought of the Navia City that he had agreed with Xin Jiyao. He asked, "Does General Eden know anything about the city of Navia?"
Navia! Bernie was shocked, he was the commander of the legion, the senior general of the Besa army, and as soon as Shangguan Xiu mentioned Navia, he immediately understood what the Wind Army wanted to do. The Wind Army wanted to intervene in the Battle of Duki, sneak attack Navia, and cut off the logistical supply of his own army! Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat and stammered: "Wind Country...... The Wind Country and Haotian obviously have a common enmity, so why did the Wind Country help Haotian in the Battle of Duki?"
"General Eden," Shangguan Xiu smiled and said, "I have to remind you that it is I who is asking you questions, not you asking me questions. If you don't already know your own situation, I don't mind helping you understand it!" As he spoke, his gaze fell back on the large boxes full of human heads.
Bernie shrank in surprise and hurriedly replied, "As far as I know, the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Legions are currently stationed near Navia City!"
"So, what about the garrison in Turana?"
"The Fifteenth and Twenty-third Army Corps. ”
"There are two supply lines, but there are 400,000 troops stationed there, so there are too many troops. Without waiting for Bernie to answer, Shangguan Xiu thought about it, smiled suddenly, and said: "Their task is not only to garrison two supply lines, but also to prepare for war, ready to invest in the Duki front line at any time, it seems that Besa really wants to win this battle, and even does not hesitate to pour out the country's troops!"
"Your Southwest Army is four legions, and the troops stationed in Navia and Turana are also four legions, with equal strength and the defenders have the advantage, I remind Lord Shangguan, don't try to attack Navia or Turana, not only will it not succeed, but it will cause heavy casualties to your army. Bernie kindly reminded.
He knows too well the importance of the cities of Navia and Turana to Besa now, once these two towns are lost, it is equivalent to cutting off the supply line into the Duki combat army, and the army of more than one million people is in danger of being trapped and dying in Douki and the whole army is in danger, and the blow to Besa will be fatal.
Of course, theoretically speaking, an army of 400,000 should not be able to defeat a town garrisoned by an army of 400,000, but the problem is that the battlefield is not a book, the battle situation is changing rapidly, and anything can happen, especially Shangguanxiu's Southwest Group Army.
Shangguan Xiu looked at Bernie with a serious face, as if he was kind, he first giggled, then laughed on his back, and shook his head secretly, the people of Besa are really upright, upright and cute, and he is almost reluctant to kill them.
He laughed for a long time, until Bernie's face turned pale, he stopped laughing, waved his hand to the Guangfang on the side, and said softly: "Fang, take General Eden down, imprison him in the city, don't embarrass him." ”
It's rare for someone to make Brother Xiu so happy, Guangfang also grinned, mumbled, patted Bernie on the shoulder, then he pulled up from the ground, shook his head and said, "General Eden, follow me!"
Bernie didn't know what Shangguan Xiu was laughing at, and with a stomach full of inexplicability, he followed Guangfang out of the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
After lunch, Shangguan Xiu was about to leave the city lord's mansion, go to the city to go shopping, and take a look around, when a gendarme came in to report, saying that outside the city lord's mansion, there was a group of merchants from the Wind Country who asked to see them, and there were more than 100 people.
Shangguan Xiu asked the businessmen to choose a few representatives to come in and asked him to meet more than 100 people, but he didn't have so much energy.
It didn't take long for three elderly wind people to walk in. Seeing Shangguan Xiu, the three of them all knelt on their knees, kowtowed forward, and said in unison: "The villain greets the adult!"
Shangguan Xiu glanced at the three of them, they were all very ordinary people, not spiritual cultivators, and they were not dressed very gorgeously, but they were well maintained, all of them were full of red light, even if they were forty miles away, there was not even a wrinkle on their faces.
He waved his hand and smiled, "Everyone, please get up." After the three middle-aged people got up, he asked, "You are all from the Wind Country?"
"Exactly, we are all from the Jade County of the Wind Country!"
Listening to the accent, it is indeed the accent of Yujun. For Yujun, Shangguan Xiu's impression has always been very good. Yujun is a place to raise people, the scenery is beautiful, the land is fertile, more than forty percent of the grain in the country of wind is produced in Yujun, it can be said that Yujun people do not have to work hard at all, they can eat enough, dress warmly, and live a rich life, which also develops the docile character of Yujun people who are indisputable with the world.
It was rare to see the merchants of Yujun, Shangguan Xiu nodded with a smile, beckoned to the military police on the side, and said, "Serve tea." As he spoke, he waved his hand to the three middle-aged people and said, "Please sit down all three!"
"Lord Xie!" I didn't expect Shangguan Xiu, who was known as the wind ghost, to be so easy-going and approachable, and the three Yujun merchants were a little flattered. The three of them sat down in their chairs with smiles on their faces.
It is said to be sitting, but in fact, it is a little bit of buttocks, and it is more uncomfortable to sit than to stand.
"You gentlemen must have come here, there must be something, right?"
"Returning to your lordship!" one of the middle-aged men with a fat figure hurriedly got up, bowed his hand, and said, "We are all businessmen who have come to Besa to do business, and this time we have the courage to come to meet your lordship, all because we have encountered injustices, and we have come to ask your lord to call the shots. Like the villain, he bought a farm near Dumos City some time ago, and wanted to raise some cows by himself, make cheese, and sell them back to China, but the villain's silver has already been paid, but the government of Dumuos City said that the villain was a spy sent by the Wind Country, not only sealed the villain's farm, but also did not return the villain's silver, the villain had no way to sue, and even had the heart to find a short-sightedness.
As soon as he finished speaking, the two middle-aged men also fell to their knees, each shouting grievances and stating their grievances.
Shangguan Xiu had a headache when he heard this, did he need to come to him to deal with this kind of matter? He was a military general who unified the army, and he was not a civilian official who decided cases. But after thinking about it, he felt that if these merchants of the Wind Country who had been bullied in Besa didn't come to him, it seemed that there was really no other way out.
He asked the wealthy middle-aged man, "Do you have a title deed?"
"Yes, yes, my lord, the villain has a title deed!" said the rich middle-aged man who hurriedly reached into his arms and took out a title deed of the country of Besa.
Xiao Jue on the side stepped forward, took the title deed, looked at it twice, and handed it to Shangguan Xiu. The latter looked at it, handed back the title deed, and whispered to Xiao Jue: "Find a military advisor to deal with it." ”
"Brother Xiu," Xiao Jue said in a low voice: "The military advisor is handling military affairs, I'm afraid it will be difficult to separate!"
"Then go to the city lord and warn him that if he dares to bully our merchants again, he will hang the heads of his whole family on the city wall!" Shangguan Xiu muttered in annoyance: "Dog official, is there no one in the Wind Country who bullied me?"
Seeing that Shangguan Xiu's face was not good, Xiao Jue bowed, waved his hand to the three middle-aged businessmen, and said with a smile: "Three of you, please come with me, I will take you to the city lord, you can rest assured, if the city lord dares to deal with it impartially, I will never spare him!"
The three middle-aged men looked happy, now that the city of Domos has been occupied by their own army, then this is also the world of their popularity, and now they are in the city of Domos, who do they need to be afraid of?
The rich middle-aged man suddenly remembered something, and asked Shangguan Xiu with a smile on his face, "Big ...... Adult, villain still has one thing, I wonder if the adult can tell one or two?"
"Sir, please have something to say. ”
"I'm a wind army...... Will my Wind Army stay in Domos and never leave again?" he meant, is it true that Domos City will belong to the Wind Country in the future. This information is very important to them as merchants, if this place really becomes the territory of the Wind Country in the future, then it is foreseeable that in the near future, the prosperity of Dumuos will be increased by several grades, and the value of the land in the city and the farms outside the city will skyrocket, and now is a good time to invest.
Shangguan Xiu understood what he meant, and couldn't help laughing, the merchants of Yujun are also businessmen after all, and they can't do without the word 'rape'.
He rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and said ambiguously: "The world is unpredictable, maybe, in the future, Dumuos City will be merged into the Wind Country, maybe not, for the unpredictable, I don't dare to assert now." ”
"Adult ......"
"Alright, let's hurry up and deal with your urgent needs!" Shangguan Xiu raised his head outward. The three Yujun merchants looked at each other, glanced at each other, and didn't dare to ask any more questions, Qi said goodbye to Shangguanxiu, and quickly followed Xiao Jue.
Before the backs of their departure disappeared in Shangguan Xiu's eyes, another gendarme outside hurriedly ran in, intervened in Shangguan Xiu's salute, and said, "My lord, the envoy of the Ningnan Expedition to the West Group Army has arrived!"
Shangguan Xiu frowned slightly and asked, "How many people came?"
"Just one person. ”
"Oh, bring him in!"
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