Expedition rì!

The news that Duke Tulip was marching north had already spread all over the world under the deliberate propaganda of the empire.

On this day, the grand departure ceremony also attracted countless dìdū citizens to watch.

Just north of Dìdū Castle, the garrison of the former Wangcheng Guards Corps, the mobilized reserve reinforcements, as well as some of the local garrisons that had been drawn and assembled, had already completed the assembly - of course, the local garrisons only assembled the troops in the area around Dìdū, while the garrisons mobilized from other places went directly north in order to gain speed.

This grand expedition ceremony is also to stimulate the morale of the people within the empire, and on this day, in the military fortress where the Wangcheng Guards are stationed, a group of heavily armed soldiers, set off in full gear, lined up in a column of marching troops, and rushed north under the watchful eyes of the citizens who rushed to the wind on both sides of the road.

Seeing the army of this empire open up, under the deliberate orders of the officers, every soldier tried his best to hold his head high, showing his heroic spirit, polished shiny armor, the leather boots of the owl trampled on the earth, and the faint dust was flying, such a majestic military appearance suddenly aroused the enthusiastic cheers of countless people around.

There are even some female citizens who throw the flowers they have prepared in their hands into the queue, and from a distance, this group of soldiers going out on the march seems to be walking on a road paved with flowers...... The cheering waves were wave after wave, and the crowd was full of voices, and some people began to take the lead in shouting, "Long live the thorn flowers, long live the empire." Long live the tulips".

Excitement and excitement were written on everyone's faces......

"Hoo ......"

With a sigh, Aror rode on his horse, he was wearing a silver cavalry commander armor, immediately equipped with a spear and a long sword, and a long red feather stuck in his helmet, the waves of cheers around him, but it seemed that he could not arouse the excitement in Aror's heart, he looked at the front of the queue, the mighty soldiers who were advancing. The people on both sides were extremely excited, but Alor's heart was full of a trace of complicated feelings at the moment.

The young faces of the soldiers, probably because they were all young men who had never been to the front line reserves, did not seem to have the slightest fear or nervousness, as if they were full of green chūn vitality and fighting spirit. These recruits, who have been trained from the reserve battalion, do not seem to know what kind of brutal battlefield awaits them...... Maybe. Under these simple faces, they thought that war was a charge, a victory, and then they accepted cheers and flowers as they do today......

Perhaps, it won't be long before this one face after another. There will be people who will kill or be killed on the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke and blood, and there will be people who will be broken by fear, holding the sword in their hands, and crying out their mother's name in fear......

It's all some, young people......

Alore shook her head effortfully. As an officer who graduated early from the first phase of the military academy, he is one of the few people who has actually experienced a real battlefield, and only he knows that when the drums of war sound, whether there is an enemy's fangs or a sword like a jungle in front of him, or that hideous look. You have to push forward – what a feeling it is!

He also knew how dazed and frightened you were when the blade in your hand cut into the enemy's body, and the stinking blood sprayed on your face in the shadow of the sword and arrow!

He also knows that when you see your fellow people die one by one, lying in a pool of blood, the pain and hatred will torment you to madness.

He also knows that when you fight to the death with the enemy. When the opponent's weapon pierces his armor and bursts into his own flesh and bones, the inner torture of "am I going to die" will make the whole person fall into a kind of despair that is close to collapse......

"Aror, what are you sighing about?" beside you. A loud voice came. Alore looked back, but it was Gabri in military uniform. Gabby was clearly like the young recruits, his face full of excitement and excitement, and although he was on his horse, he couldn't help but hold his sword tightly in one hand.

"I'm thinking about ......" Alor suddenly lowered his voice, his eyes swept over the young faces around him, "I'm thinking...... When the war is over, how many of these fresh young lives will be able to walk back alive and return to the arms of their loved ones. ”

When Gabri heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and he glanced at the cadet captain with a little surprise—as the only officer who had gone through the test of war, among the officers who graduated early in this class, Yaroldi had the highest military rank and the highest substantive position conferred, serving as the commander of a cavalry regiment, commanding a full 2,000 cavalry. His martial arts skills are not the highest in this group, and his intelligence is not the strongest, but in every simulated battle, he can always grasp the fighter to defeat his colleagues - perhaps, this is the difference between a rookie and a veteran.

Thinking of this, Gabriel smiled and raised his voice: "Okay, my captain, don't be so old-fashioned, you're only thirty years old." ”

Looking at Gabbri's young and hearty smile, the corners of Aror's mouth twitched, revealing a faint smile.

It's just that the eyes are still not easy.

"By the way, what about the Duke? didn't he come to this expedition?" asked Alor casually.

The day before the expedition, after a simple graduation ceremony in the military academy, eleven cadets, including him and Gabri, were ordered to graduate early and go to serve in the army. And since then, the title "Dean" has not been allowed to exist on the battlefield. On the battlefield, for a commander like Du Wei, you must call him the same as other generals. The affectionate title of "dean" will make other officers who have graduated from a non-military academy think about one over the other.

"Well, my lord, he didn't go with us, but had other plans. As agreed. We will assemble our division at Yajin City, south of the eastern line. ”

Alor nodded, pleased with Gabby calling Du Wei "Lord". Once on the battlefield, then in the army, there is no such private title as "brother brother"!

It seems that this young Count of Rollin is a very clear person.

According to Du Wei's previous plan for sending troops, the reinforcements this time included a total of about 20,000 troops in a reserve division, and about 30,000 troops drawn from various parts of the local garrison army, which could be integrated into a division. and the 10,000 private army quotas that Du Wei forcibly demanded from the military headquarters under various names.

However, the route to the north is also divided into four routes. The number of people along the way, about 14,000 people, including part of the reserve division and the garrison drawn from the vicinity of Dìdū, had already carried the warship directly from the dock of Dìdū last night, all the way east from the Lancang Canal, and after going to sea, they went directly to the northern front line by sea. In this way, as soon as possible, the reinforcements can reach the Eastern Front as soon as possible. Second way. It is the group of troops that he is now in for the "departure ceremony", which is two teams of reserve divisions and regiments, plus part of the garrison, 16,000 people, going north by land, because most of this army are cavalry, so the speed will not be too slow.

Third way. It is a local garrison army geographically close to the north, and does not come to dìdū to assemble, but goes directly to the north.

Fourth Road...... It was Du Wei himself who led 10,000 private troops - but Du Wei did not reveal the marching plan to anyone.

West of the city, behind the town of Prancing Horse, under the Brokeback Mountain, Tulip Courtyard.

"At this time, that boring expedition ceremony should be over. Du Wei sighed.

Then he looked left and right, and in the Tulip Courtyard, there were hundreds of magician members he had recruited. and the five hundred cavalry of the Guards that he had always brought with him.

"Well, let's get ready to go. He smiled, then glanced at the mysteries behind him, all of whom he had recently recruited. Although most of the magicians are unruly, but fortunately, Du Wei himself is also a magician, and he is also a famous magical genius in the mainland, and he is also a disciple of the magician Gandalf, which basically excludes the magician's rejection of him - in the past wars, the reason why the magician is unwilling to be dispatched by the imperial military. Even when he participates in battle, he does things according to his preferences, because the arrogant magician can't tolerate being sent by those ordinary army generals.

But Du Wei is different.

What's more, no matter what I say now, I have sworn allegiance to Du Wei. I also took so many high-quality equipment from other people.

"Everyone. Du Wei turned. Looking at the hundreds of "subordinates" wearing magician's robes in front of him, all of these magician's robes were made in a hurry. Each was also awarded a tulip family badge to signify that they were part of Duke Tulip's own personal magicians.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Everyone is welcome here, and I know that there must be a lot of people who find it strange that I have summoned you here, rather than set off with the big army...... Well, but I promise you, what you see today will definitely make your trip worthwhile! Hehe, you are all magicians, of course you can't ride north like an ordinary army, so I'm here, and I have prepared a special means of transportation!"

After a pause, he smiled deliberately: "Moreover, this thing is not yet the time to be announced, so it is not suitable to go out with a large army." Now, our departure ceremony begins...... Gentlemen, pack your bags, and we'll get ready to board!"

Boarding a ship?

Some magicians can't help but feel a little strange - this is land, what kind of warship to board?

But then, I watched Du Wei walk to the huge meadow in front of the courtyard.

Next, a magician in a white robe walked out slowly.

White sè robe...... That's a symbol of the status of a great magician!

But what puzzled these magicians was that the white-robed magician in front of him looked very old, with a thin and small figure, white sè's breathing, his face was thin, and there was even a faint smell of obscenity.

And the main thing is...... On the mainland, any white-robed great magician is an extremely rare powerhouse, and every name is like thunder, many of these magicians were in the magic union before, and it can be said that they should be very familiar with every white-robed great magician who is recorded, but the white-robed ** master in front of him is very raw, and no one recognizes it.

Well...... It can't be a fake, right......

"Hello colleagues. This obscene old man in a white robe first bowed to everyone with a standard magician etiquette, and whether it was true or not, the other magicians quickly bowed their heads and returned the salute. After all, there are no white-robed mages in these magicians.

"Now, what you are about to see is the new magic war weapon of the Tulip family, because its face has never been revealed in public before, so please don't be too surprised. Hehe, of course, it's not a secret now, because as we go to war, its face will spread all over the continent. ”

After speaking, he coughed: "Finally, let me introduce myself, my name is ...... Gargamel, the eighth level magician of the continent. ”

This obscene white-robed old man is the rat prime minister Gargamel!

After all these years of unremitting efforts, coupled with the help of the green-robed Gandalf, his transfiguration technique finally made a breakthrough, and after turning back into a human body, after taking the Green Chūn Fountain of Immortality to solidify his body, he finally no longer had to be trapped in a mouse-shaped body.

Gargamel?