Grand Duke Kaveh, on a whim, suddenly came on a trip that he couldn't make in time, and this matter soon became a laughing stock in the inner circle of the empire. However, no one ran up to the Marquis of Farshid and directly ridiculed or mocked his father's actions. Because it's the same as looking for death.

The Marquis of Seesed now wore fine clothes in the court, and danced with long sleeves among the nobles; And as an assistant to the Prime Minister of the Empire, he buried his head in the pile of papers. There are two generations of Kaveh's father and son, but they are real martial arts factions, the kind that can single-handedly kill through the Warcraft herd and then turn back.

The third generation may not be so dazzling, but it is also a trusted mid-level officer. And the fourth generation has the posture of being educated as a demon king of the mixed world, and the other families who know about it are quite worried.

To put it simply, this is a bastard, the kind that no one wants to provoke.

However, this laughing stock has only been circulating for less than a day, and it quickly turns into a shocking and unbelievable fact. It even shook the emperor's imperial table.

The old emperor didn't slap the table, didn't shout at the top of his throat, he just said calmly but indifferently: "Which old thing has reached the Heishui Pass, and the news is correct?" ”

In order to create his own amiable image, the old emperor's voice is warm, which makes people sound like a spring breeze, and respectful of it. But when his voice cooled down, he was angry. Like a lion, he doesn't whisper, but just stares at people with a cold gaze, which makes people involuntarily afraid.

The leader of the Praetorian Guard is now trapped in this cold. But where the duty lies, he can't help but speak: "Your Majesty, according to the return of the guards of Heishui Pass, the Grand Duke did enter the garrison of Heishui Pass in the evening, waiting for the next day to continue to set off. ”

"Do they have three horses for one man, no, four horses for one man? How did he act, and how did he have a way to get to the location of Heishui Pass. In the past, it would have taken at least seven or eight days to get from Duke Kaveh. How they do it now! The Emperor asked coldly.

To judge the combat effectiveness of an army, most people will only look at whether the soldiers can fight and whether the generals are brave enough. But when it comes to the high level of commanders like the old emperor, they care more about the speed of the march and the supply capacity of logistics.

This ensures that the troops under his command can be quickly deployed to key points and maintain a certain degree of combat effectiveness. Otherwise, a luxuriously equipped hoplite, with thirst and hunger, and no one to help, must march in full armor on their own, even if they move to the place where they are ready to fight, I am afraid that there will not be much combat power left.

From a young age, Grand Duke Kaveh was particularly fond of this one-man three-horse configuration. This is not to say that only one horse carries a person, and the other two are empty. Instead, one horse carried the knights, one carried the equipment and luggage, and the remaining horses were assigned to the knights' squires who were not qualified to ride horses.

In the regular military practice of the Lost Land, a knight is accompanied by about eight soldiers. Including knightly squires, as well as conscripted militiamen. When marching, these men also carried the equipment of their knight masters and the common supplies on their backs, and marched on two legs.

Grand Duke Kaveh's game is to reduce the number of retinues, i.e., infantry, to a minimum, and everyone and supplies rely on horsepower to advance. When necessary, they will even run at the expense of horsepower. Instead of using the strength of the horses cautiously like most armies, until the critical moment when the knight charged, he did not even dare to let the horse carry too much weight, for fear that the horse would be too weak.

In doing so, it was doomed that the size of his army would not be too large, because the cost of construction other than personnel was too high; And 'people' is the cheapest project here. The combat effectiveness is not quite outstanding compared to those top elite armies, after all, the horsepower is not always at the peak. But constantly running, attacking the enemy's soft underbelly, can make all the commanders who face him uncomfortable.

The location of Heishui Pass is located in the most important valley pass in the territory of the direct vassal who is responsible for guarding before entering the emperor's direct domain. It was the only way for the nobles from the east and north sides of the empire to get to the capital.

But the most important point is that in the past, it took seven to eight days to march from the Dukedom of Kaveh to reach the Heishui Pass, but this time, the Grand Duke only took less than a day. At the same time, this means that in the past, it would take the Grand Duke nearly a month to come to the national capital, but this time it only took one day to advance one-third of the way.

If this speed can be maintained, it means that the Grand Duke will be able to go straight from his own territory to the capital in just three days.

If this kind of data cannot be understood by others, then you can look at another number. Except for the border areas and areas where demonic beasts are flourishing, the nobles of the Lost Land have quite few standing armies. A Duke's guard is capped at 500 people, and the number of guards decreases by another 100 for each level of progress. Although the lowliest baron may not be able to afford a standing army of a hundred men.

These guards are not concentrated in one place, and in most cases they are assigned to defend according to the needs of the territory. Only some of the elite are left to guard the lord.

When there is time to fight, the militia must be conscripted and joined in the army. In addition to the knights' own attendants, they were mainly recruited from commoners, and most of the time required the nobles to provide the most basic weapons and equipment. It is not surprising that an army can go from preparation to formation in as short as a month or as long as a year.

The Grand Duke can take three days to set out from his own territory and arrive in the capital. This means that he is able to enter someone else's territory before any lord can react and recruit a sufficient number of troops. The lords of various places could only rely on standing guards to resist the invasion of the Grand Duke.

Probably only the national capital is better, because the national capital is always guarded by 30,000 emperors, three guards, and large and small aristocratic private armies stationed in the national capital. Even though the Praetorian Guards of the Three Guards rarely act in formation, at least there will be guards who will guard the Imperial Palace, and iron guards who will also serve as guardians of the capital when they are not dispatched. At least 20,000 people.

But the speed of the Grand Duke's march still frightened many people, including the old emperor. They all tried to falsify the news and dig up more information through various channels. The first to bear the brunt is, of course, the successor of Grand Duke Kavey, Marquis Noonam Falshid.

And in this vigorous commotion, the most confused person is none other than the poor son who has always been cheated by his unconscious father, the Marquis of Farshid. Although this is not the first time, it is rare to be so thoroughly pitted like this one. There was no preparation at all, and suddenly it was set up on the fire and roasted.

Up and down the Duke of Carveh's mansion, almost all of them were dealing with formal inquiries from all sides, or spying from the side. It wasn't until late at night that it subsided a little.

The Marquis of Farshid, who was finally able to catch his breath, sat in the study. The glow of the magic lamp didn't illuminate the room as if it were daylight, but it was much brighter than the candles.

After a day of exhaustion, the Marquis still had no intention of going to bed. He dug through all the letters his father had sent during this time and read them all over again. In particular, the section on 'cars'.

In the past, I thought that the compliment in the letter was just an old kid trying to show off his new toy. But if there is nothing wrong with what is said in the epistle. Then he should re-examine what kind of impact the so-called 'car' will have on the future. and his own family, what position should he stand in here.