When Wei Er said this, there was a bit of hesitation in his eyes: "It's just that the only thing that is surprising is that this guy's fief is actually sealed outside the gate instead of inside the gate?"

You must know that almost all of the Northwest Army is now under the management of the Northwest Army outside the Guan, and it does not obey the moderation of the Governor's Mansion at all, and the county town of Sadrand is probably the same. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info His Majesty the Emperor has entrusted such an important county town to this Viscount of Sadland at this moment, which is not quite like a favor......

"Hmph, you've been talking for a long time, and that's the only way to get to the point!" Sistine smiled slightly, took out a silk handkerchief, and gently wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth, and then shook his head seemingly slowly: "His Majesty the Emperor's thoughts, how can we people below guess it? It's just that I see that this guy doesn't seem to have any kindness to me, and his speech is cold, is it possible that the guy who was born as a magician has such a strange temperament?"

Hmph, but in my guess, His Majesty the Emperor can get such an inconspicuous little guy to the northwest, he must have the intention of training and cultivation, but I don't understand him very well when he is placed in Sadland. ”

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That night, Joseph was arranged to stay in a military-run inn in Valen, and although Sistine saw that this guy seemed to have some trouble with him, he did not embarrass Joseph, the new subordinate, out of officialdom politeness. In addition to the group of slave warriors recruited by Joseph, there were also many sergeants sent by the Moxi Governor's Mansion standing guard outside the inn.

Joseph wasn't worried that this Sistine would have any ill will towards him, but he didn't like this boss very much from the bottom of his heart. This Sistine is just a typical aristocratic bureaucrat of the Empire of Light, although there are some means, but it is only a pawn in the hands of His Majesty Mondvia IV. But then again, since this can be favored by the emperor and sent to deal with the contradictions between the central government of the empire and the Northwest Army, I am afraid that in addition to his tactfulness, there are other means to take action!

Hmph, in a place like the Northwest, it's not just a trick that can accompany the left and right to see the wind and rudder to gain a foothold, if there is no hole card in his hand, this guy probably won't dare to openly argue with the Northwest Army, right?

As José was thinking of this, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and then a fat man's whispered voice came: "Boss José, it's me!"

José opened the door, and there were two men standing in the doorway, one fat and one thin. The fat man was naturally Gould, and the thin black man who seemed to be silent was none other than the leader of the slave warriors that Joseph had just taken in.

The two quickly walked into Joseph's room, walked behind the fat man, and subconsciously closed the door after entering.

Qiao Se squinted his eyes and tested it with his mental power for a moment, before he nodded and said: "There is no one from here to the corridor, there are a total of twenty-six sergeants in the entire inn, most of them are in the hall and front door on the first floor, and there should be no one to watch here on the second floor." ”

Hearing him say this, his eyes couldn't help but feel a little more surprised and awe, while Gould smiled and couldn't help but say: "Boss Jose, your current magic strength is getting more and more powerful, and magicians are really a group of powerful guys!"

Qiao Se smiled and glanced at the fat man, then looked at the break, and then shook his head and said: "You fat man can speak, I am just an intermediate magician, and the more difficult it is to practice magic, this is naturally different from your martial artists." When he said this, he glanced at their family and said lightly: "By the way, you have been out for so long, how are you two doing with what I told you?"

When the fat man heard Jose say this, his expression immediately became serious, and he nodded and said, "I and Duan have not stayed at the inn with you after returning from the Governor's Mansion according to your instructions. Instead, as you said, I first went around the city, asked many local residents and some soldiers, and according to their answers, I almost figured out the number of troops stationed in the entire city of Valen.

Coupled with my judgment, the current troop deployment in Valen City is about 8,000 people, and there seems to be no sign of troops in other places outside the city, even if the troops of another county are added, the strength of the entire pass is probably only more than 10,000 at most, and it will definitely not exceed 15,000 people!"

"Are you so sure?" José frowned, and couldn't help but glance at Gould.

The fat man didn't sell it, but just nodded quite firmly, and then slowly explained: "I, Gould, have been in the Moxi Army for many years, and I am very clear about the military system and management of the Moxi Army. Previously, when Governor Heru was in office, according to the military system of the empire, the number of garrison troops in the six counties of Moxi was always more than 5,000 people, and only important towns such as Sadland and Valen City would exceed 8,000 people. However, even so, the number of troops on the surface of the entire Moxi Province could only be maintained at more than 30,000, or even less than 40,000...... Hehe, but such an army number is obviously not in line with the actual situation of Moxi. ”

Jose nodded, he agreed with what Gould said, after all, he had spent a lot of time in Moxi, and he knew a lot about the situation in the northwest. If it is according to what the fat man said, there are 5,000 Northwest Army in each county, I am afraid that there is only one flag regiment, and in the last Northwest War, how many troops were transferred from Moxi during the highest period?

70,000 people! And these 70,000 people are not only infantry, but also 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry troops!

This concept is already very scary, because according to Joseph's understanding, among the human empires on the continent of Ceylon, the Empire of Light is not a country known for its cavalry. The cavalry is not even popular in the south of the empire, because in addition to the expensive cavalry, it also needs flat and broad terrain, horses, and skilled cavalry, which makes it impossible for the Bright Empire to popularize such a powerful class of troops in the cold weapon era on a large scale.

To put it bluntly, there are only two most famous cavalry teams in the Empire, one is the Night Imperial Forest loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and the other is the Holy Knights loyal to the Temple. In the entire empire, there are only a handful of provinces that can have the ability and need to be equipped with cavalry, except for the northwest, Lingbei and the imperial capital, there are almost no other provinces with more than 2,000 cavalry troops.

In particular, many of the provinces in the southern part of the empire were rarely represented by large-scale cavalry because the terrain was relatively less extensive than that in the northwest, and most of them were cultivated areas and did not produce horses.

José had heard Su Ya clearly say that in the middle of the war, Heru had effortlessly pulled up a regular cavalry division of more than 10,000 people in Moxi!

And more importantly, before that, Su Ya learned from Heru that the three legions that were originally standing in Moxi had even been cut out by the central government for an entire legion!