readx;? Chapter 1273 retreats north

In the past, Shangguan Xiu did covet Du Ji, but after seeing the rebel troops in Du Ji's various places, he dispelled this idea. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The spirit of resistance of the Dookie people is simply deep in the bone marrow, and no matter who occupies the territory of Douki, they will suffer from the desperate resistance of the Dooky people.

Unless the occupying power can carry out genocide here in Dooky and kill all the Dookies, but this is not possible, so it is easy to annex Dooky, but it is difficult to govern Dooky, and once the Wind Country does this, it is tantamount to leaving the scourge of war for future generations.

Instead of annexing Du Ji, it is better to make Du Ji submit and make him a vassal state of the Wind Country, which in Shangguan Xiu's opinion is the most beneficial thing to do for the Wind Country.

Menshakken took refuge on Shangguan Xiu's side, but he didn't really want to betray Du Ji and be a traitor who was spurned by the countrymen, forced by the current situation, he had to get close to Shangguan Xiu first, in order to find a way to stabilize Shangguan Xiu, and do his best to let Du Ji avoid the fate of being annexed by the Wind Country.

When Shangguan Xiu showed his admiration for the little prince Pordam and thought that Pordam was more suitable to be the successor of the future king, Menshak's sense of relief from the inside out was naturally revealed.

Shangguan Xiu could feel the change in his mood, and smiled secretly in his heart, the reason why he was willing to have a deep friendship with Menshak was, in the final analysis, he agreed with his character.

If Menshak is just a traitor who forgets his righteousness, then he is at best an object that can be used in front of Shangguan Xiu, and Shangguan Xiu will never get so close to him, let alone have any personal relations.

Anderson's carriage returned to the palace first, and Shangguan Xiu, Li Ling, and Menshak arrived at the palace next.

Guarding the main entrance to the palace were the Duki Army, as well as the gendarmerie of the Windy Country.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, Shangguan Xiu and the others turned over and dismounted, and immediately Du Ji's soldiers ran forward quickly, took the reins, and led the horses aside. Shangguan Xiu asked, "Who is guarding the palace gate today?"

An officer of the Du Ji Army ran forward quickly, bowed to Shangguan Xiu, and said, "The villain sees His Highness!"

"You're in charge of guarding the palace gate today?"

"It's the villain!"

"The eldest prince is out of the palace, don't you know?"

"Well, the villain knows. ”

"Have you asked why the eldest prince left the palace?"

"This ...... The villain didn't dare. ”

"When the prince leaves the palace, don't you even ask why?"

"This ...... This ......"

"What's the use of leaving you. Shangguan Xiu raised his head and said in the wind language: "Military police." ”

"Here!" As he spoke, two gendarmes stepped forward. Shangguan Xiu raised his hand and pointed at Officer Du Ji and said, "Dereliction of duty, correct the law on the spot!"

"Yes!" Officer Dookie, although he did not understand the words, saw the two gendarmes walking straight towards him, and realized in his heart that something was wrong. He knelt on his knees, kowtowed again and again, and said urgently: "Your Highness spare your life, Your Highness spare your life......"

The two gendarmes ignored that, grabbed Officer Dookie's arm and dragged him aside, while another gendarme, carrying a musket, walked behind Officer Doukie, took off his musket, aimed it at the back of his head, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Boom!

Gunshots rang out, and Officer Dookie's pleas for mercy came to an abrupt end. The two gendarmes dragged the bloodied corpse and strode away. Seeing this, the Duki soldiers present all turned pale, sweated like rain, and their bodies kneeling on the ground trembled suddenly.

Shangguan Xiu glanced at both sides, didn't say anything more, walked into the main gate of the palace with his hands behind his back, Li Ling and Menshak followed, and from beginning to end, neither of them even blinked their eyes.

Li Ling is a Fengren and a subordinate of Shangguan Xiu, and he will not raise any questions about Shangguan Xiu's orders.

As for Menshak, he only begged Du Ji not to be annexed by the Wind Country, as for how Shangguan Xiu showed off his power and trampled on sovereignty in Du Ji, in his opinion, these were minor minor issues, and there was no need to get along with Shangguan Xiu in these small matters.

Besides, Shangguan Xiu's execution of the officer was not untargeted, he did deserve it, today the eldest prince is out of the palace, he can let him go without asking the reason, and tomorrow the other princes and princesses will leave the palace, he can also let them go without asking the reason, but once any prince or princess has something to do outside the palace, who can bear this responsibility?

In the hall of the royal palace, Sigran and the ministers below were discussing the selection of the first commander, when a high-pitched chant came from outside the door: "His Royal Highness has arrived—"

This chant made the originally lively hall suddenly silent, and the needle drop could be heard.

Click, click, click!

Outside the door, there was the sound of military boots stomping on the ground. Sigran, who was sitting on the king's chair, shook his body, and his shoulders involuntarily shrank downward. He subconsciously stood up and looked up at the door of the hall.

A moment later, the door opened, and Shangguan Xiu, Li Ling, and Menshak walked in from outside.

"Today's court discussion seems to have been going on for a long time. After Shangguan Xiu entered the hall, he looked to both sides, and all the ministers who looked at Shangguan Xiu lowered their eyes and bowed down. "His Royal Highness!" "His Royal Highness!"

Sigran swallowed his spit carefully and said, "I...... I thought His Royal Highness wouldn't be here today......"

Before he finished speaking, Shangguan Xiu interrupted, "I don't know what Your Majesty is discussing with your lords?"

"We're deliberating on the selection of the first commander. Sigran said with a smile.

"There is no need to discuss, I think that the candidate for the first commander of your country will be Lord Ika. Shangguan Xiu walked to the steps where the king's chair was located, waved his hand to Sigran, who was standing on it, and motioned for him to sit down.

Seeing Shangguan Xiu's gesture, Sigelan sat on the chair in despair, and did not come back to his senses for a long time.

The first commander of Du Ji Country, who is equivalent to the general of the Wind Country, will be in charge of the country's army in the future, which is very important, such an important position, Sigland originally planned to appoint the candidate himself, but as a result, Shangguan Xiu directly decided on the candidate.

Menshak thought that Shangguan Xiu would appoint Li Ling as the first commander, but he didn't expect that he would recommend himself. After he was stunned for a moment, he immediately came back to his senses and said to Shangguan Xiu: "Your Royal Highness, I'm afraid I'm ......."

Shangguan Xiu waved his hand and said: "Lord Ika doesn't have to shirk it, now that Du Ji has just returned to the country, there are thousands of holes and a lot of waste to be rebuilt, at this time, Lord Ika still has to shirk his responsibility?"

"This ...... Thank you Your Highness for your recommendation, but it's not worth Your Majesty's wishes. Menshak first bowed to Shangguanxiu, then bowed and looked at Siglan.

The ministers present looked at each other and echoed: "Lord Ika is young and promising, and he is the best candidate for the first commander!"

"During the suffering of the country, Lord Ika insisted on fighting with the people of Ningnan in the north, and made countless meritorious contributions, and the candidate for the first commander is none other than Lord Ika!"

All the ministers expressed their attitudes in a gossipy, and without exception, they all seconded the proposal, and none of them expressed opposition.

Sigran looked at Shangguan Xiu and Menshak, and then at the other ministers, he sighed secretly, although Menshak was not the most ideal candidate in his mind, but it was a hundred times better for him to be the first commander than for Fengren.

He cleared his throat and said, "His Royal Highness's recommendation is exactly what I think in my heart. As he spoke, his gaze fell on Menshak and said, "From now on, the first commander of our country will be Lord Ika!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" the ministers bowed in unison.

The corners of Shangguan Xiu's mouth raised, and he also owed a debt to Xigran.

The choice of the first commander of Duki was thus finalized. After Menshak took office, he immediately integrated the Duki army, and all the rebel armies were merged together to form three legions, as for the Duji rebel army, it was still under the command of Li Ling, and was not included in the Duji royal army.

One is the regular Duji royal army, and the other is the Duji rebel army, but the combat power of the two is very different.

The Duji rebels were trained with the Wind Army, and all the weapons and equipment were exactly the same as the Wind Army. Don't look at the Duji Royal Army, there are three legions, 300,000 people, but the Royal Court Army of three legions may not be able to defeat the righteous army with only one legion.

The foundation of the Duki royal court in Haji is becoming more and more consolidated, and the situation on the battlefield of Duki is becoming more and more clear.

The Ningnan Army, led by Xin Jiyao, gradually withdrew its forces, and the troops in the east were all transferred to the west, completely giving up control of the eastern part of Duji.

The main force of the Ningnan Army in the west of Duji is also gathering at a point, and it is obvious that the Ningnan Army is gathering all its forces, intending to break through to the west with all its strength and forcibly retreat back to Ningnan itself.

In this battle, even if the Ningnan army really won and successfully tore through the defense line of the Feng army, in fact, Ningnan also lost, after all, they lost the strategic place of Duji.

But even so, Luo Ren, who was in command of the overall situation of the Feng Army, did not intend to let go of the Ningnan Army.

Under the mobilization of Luo Ren, the Feng army repeatedly strengthened its own defense line, formed a large iron bucket formation in the west of Duji, and waited for the Ningnan army to attack and fight to the death.

However, Luo Ren obviously overestimated the combat power of the Ningnan army, although the Ningnan army has a large number of troops, but the ammunition and food and grass have been in an emergency, and even the righteous army, which is regarded as cannon fodder by the Ningnan people, has little left, and the current Ningnan army is simply unable to start a frontal decisive battle with the wind army.

The Ningnan army did not break through to the west, but avoided the defense line of the Fengjun army and marched to the north, at this time, the intention of the Ningnan army was already obvious, and it planned to go north from Duki, first withdraw to the city-state of Volo, and then retreat from the city-state of Volo to the mainland.

Of course, the Feng Army was also aware of the Ningnan Army's intention to avoid the heavy and light, but at this time, it was unlikely that Luo Ren wanted to block the Ningnan Army going north.

If he has a small number of troops, he will not be able to form an effective blockade against the Ningnan army at all, and once he draws too many troops, it will cause the western defense line to become empty.

The main force of the Feng Army, led by Luo Ren, was unable to stop the northward movement of the Ningnan Army, so he could only convey this task to Shangguan Xiu, hoping that Shangguan Xiu could send troops to stop and kill the Ningnan Army.

After all, Shangguan Xiu can mobilize a lot of troops now, he has a third legion, a righteous legion, and three Duji royal army legions, a total of 500,000 troops, in Luo Ren's opinion, five legions should be more than enough to block the northward movement of the Ningnan army.

As for the actual situation, only Shangguan Xiu himself understands in his heart that what a 500,000 army, the 300,000 Duji Wang Tingjun is simply a rabble, the firearms in the army are pitiful, and most of the soldiers still use swords and clubs.

As for the Third Army, which fought from the east of Dooky to Haji, after so many battles, the whole army was exhausted and suffered heavy casualties, and continued to be filled with new recruits.

There is also a legion of rebels, that is just a temporary patchwork, most of them defected from the side of the Ningnan army, and if they really fought with the Ningnan army, how much combat power they could play, he didn't know, as long as they didn't defect, it would be lucky.

With such an army of 500,000 people, isn't it going to send the main force of the Ningnan Army to death?

However, Shangguan Xiu can also understand the difficulties on Luo Ren's side, if it weren't for the fact that he really had no soldiers available, he would never ask for his own head.

After discussing with Hu Chong, Li Ling, and Menshak, Shangguan Xiu decided to lead the Third Army Corps, the Righteous Army Corps and an elite Duji Royal Army Corps, totaling 300,000 troops, to seize the front of the Ningnan Army, occupy the Thamel Grand Canyon, and block the northward retreat route of the Ningnan Army.