Chapter 378: Intentionally or Unintentionally
This notice was naturally written by Joseph, after all, when Alok and Gould snatched these horses, they were wearing the uniforms of the garrison, and the Northwest Army in charge of the transaction must have been able to recognize them. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIf Joseph pretends that nothing has happened, but instead seems to be a thief, it is better to preemptively make a statement first, but only say that he has exterminated a private steppe caravan.
Naturally, the Empire of Light and the Prairie people also had caravans, and there were even some places in several towns in Sadrand that resembled mutual trade. It's just that the relationship between the steppe people and the empire is always sometimes relaxed and sometimes tense, and some steppe caravans are openly under the banner of commerce, but they often do some robbers, almost no different from those horse thieves on the edge of the desert.
Only then did Jose describe the business of eating black as destroying a smuggling caravan, but he kept silent about the transaction. Such a trick is naturally done for the Northwest Army to see, and how many war horses are there, and have any ordnance materials been found, except for Joseph himself, where do ordinary soldiers and civilians know?
However, when such a notice came out, the civilians in the city saw that the army of the county of Sadland was so powerful, not only exterminated a smuggling steppe caravan, but also captured a large number of horses, which naturally praised the garrison army in the city. Although the reputation of the Northwest Army in Sadland is not good, the Second Banner Regiment led by Yalok has strict military discipline and is still quite popular.
In the afternoon when Jose issued the notice, hundreds of miles away in the county town of Modo, Ronkedo was sitting upright in the hall of the county guard's mansion, looking at a parchment letter in his hand with a gloomy face, and two generals of the Northwest Army stood in front of him. Although these two people look like burly men, looking at the ranks on their shoulders, they are also high-ranking officers at the commander level.
But in the face of Long Keduo, the current commander of the Northwest Army, both of them had a serious and solemn look on their faces, and even a trace of nervousness and unease.
"A cavalry guard of 100 people can't even do this thing? Not only did they not bring back the war horses, but they lost all the dozen or so carts of ordnance? What are you doing to eat, do you know that these war horses are equipped to form a new cavalry flag regiment, and if we lose these war horses, where will we go to expand the army!" Ronkedo's face turned red, and his face was full of anger.
"General, it's not that our subordinates are unfavorable, it's just that we really didn't expect to meet others in that kind of place, and it seems to be a regular army of thousands of people. We wanted to come up and ask, but those guys barely said hello, and just fired arrows at us! The brothers fought desperately to repel their attack, and we were able to break through the siege, otherwise we would have been surrounded by these guys. ”
One of the commanders said in a low voice, sweat already appeared on his face, but he still couldn't help but say: "Now the whole Moxi is our territory, and those guys who attacked us are all wearing military uniforms, obviously not ordinary horse thieves and robbers, they are clearly people from within the Northwest Army!"
"Idiot!" "Lonkedo scolded directly: "Where are our own people, except for that guy in the entire river valley, where is not our army?" Hmph, I see that you are besieged by the garrison of the people, only in their territory, we have no troops to deploy, I didn't expect to be taken advantage of by this guy, but Lao Tzu underestimated this Viscount of Sadland!"
"Sadland, but isn't there Gray in the city of Sadland? He is in charge of commanding the troops of the two banner regiments, and if there is any troop movement, can he, the commander......, not know?
"It won't be Gray's. Ronktor shook his head lightly, and the anger on his face subsided a little, but there was a somewhat complicated light in his eyes: "Since you passed the news last night, I think I'm afraid that Viscount Sadland is doing something in it." Just now, I received a secret letter from Gray, hmph, that Viscount Sadland issued a notice in the city, saying that the army of the Second Banner Regiment of his garrison army had broken through the grassland smuggling caravan and captured 500 war horses, and now it is being trumpeted in the city!"
"The Second Banner Regiment of the Garrison? That's a soldier under Aalok, this guy doesn't have any friendship with that Viscount Sadland? I think he deliberately wanted to intercept our horses, swallow our ordnance, not to mention the number of captures, and even falsely reported the number of captures, not to make a profit from it, this damn Aroque!" the commander of the anxious son immediately cried out through gritted teeth.
"Not necessarily, I think they may really have no intention of breaking it, after all, if they really know that we are trading with the steppe people, even if they want to intercept our things, I am afraid they will not blatantly wear military uniforms and make numbers, but should dress up, at least pretend to be horse thieves or other forces, and not just be reckless, right?"
"Yes, even if this kid really knew that we were trading with the steppe people, he would definitely not dare to intercept it so recklessly, hmph, I'm afraid you accidentally exposed your traces!" "Gray told me that the second flag regiment of Yalok went out of the city three days ago to practice, and the spring drill is a common practice in various places, and it is not surprising that these guys ran to the border of the steppe people......"
Although Ronkedo said this, he has been in the army for many years, and he is naturally not an idiot, and his own ordnance was robbed by Joseph, and he must be extremely dissatisfied with Joseph in his heart. But in addition to the dissatisfaction, I am afraid that there is a trace of concern in my heart. After all, it would be a big trouble for Joseph to know that the Northwest Army had smuggled the steppe people to buy and sell horses, and even exported iron weapons in exchange for war horses to expand armaments.
But according to Gray's report, the Viscount of Sadland kept silent about the seizure of the ordnance, apparently deliberately not wanting to break these things. This is worth scrutinizing, Joseph was originally an official sent by the empire, if he found out that the Northwest Army was smuggling iron weapons to the steppe people, it would be a big handle, and he could even use this handle to threaten the Northwest Army.
Ronctor didn't want to fall out with the Empire, at least not yet! If this Viscount Sadran was a stunned young man, he would have already gone to the Sistine to complain, and even directly communicated the news to Mondevia IV. But after so many days of confrontation, Long Keduo also saw some clues, and I am afraid that it is not only himself who does not want to tear his face, but also the imperial side...... It seems that they are also turning a blind eye!