Chapter 22: The Wall of Brothers (Part II)
However, the second young master of the Chi family is notoriously unlivable, and it is impossible for him to curse his own uncle.
While crying, Chi Aotian described in detail what he knew, and Chi Aotian didn't know about the specific process of Chi Hanfeng's death.
When the officers of Tongyunguan heard this, tears fell one after another, and they all took a breath of cold air.
Chi Aotian is not familiar with the layout of the imperial army, and he lacks understanding of the appointment of generals in various imperial departments. Now, Tongyun Houchi Hantong is confronting the Phanos Legion and the Alcatraz Legion in southern Xinjiang, and there are often small-scale wars, with only 35,000 first-line elite troops under the command of the Marquis, plus the second-line troops and swordsman battalions, more than 70,000 troops are lined up in the first line. How much grain does it take for such a large army to eat horses every day? And the largest mainland highways of the empire all pass through the Sanggan River, and the generals of the Sanggan River Theater are the sons and daughters of the vice minister of the empire, and they have clearly stood on the side of the vice minister of the empire in the political turmoil of the imperial capital. On the contrary, who can guarantee that it was not premeditated, and immediately some generals realized that they had not received any news from the imperial capital in the past three weeks because it had been blocked, so it seemed that the Sanggan River might have already fallen to the side of the Western Emperor. Even if Marquis Chi Hantong is not hit by the belly and back, the food and materials will definitely be controlled by others.
"Young Master Chi, should we send someone to inform Lord Marquis immediately?" spoke a scribe in his mid-30s, with an anxious expression and his brows tightly pressed together. Chi Aotian didn't know him, the scribe was one of the best staff officers in the Duke's Palace, Du Rui Minglan, who was originally directly under Tongyunhou, but before the expedition, he was specially left to assist Chi Changyun in commanding the family territory.
"Okay. "Chi Changyun is also a man of temperament, it's just that he has been the acting general of the Holy Snow Mountain Theater for almost a year, and he deals with official documents that are higher than the table every day, and his personality has almost been smoothed out, and he is also more stable than Chi Aotian, otherwise even if Chi Hantong can rest assured that his son will be in charge of the war zone, the Imperial Military Department can rest assured that a 25-year-old boy can hold tens of thousands of heavy soldiers? Chi Changyun cried for a while, realizing the heavy responsibility, and wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve, while saying to Du Rui Minglan: " Actually, there is not much need for us to send people, Aotian just said that most of the remaining generals in the Imperial Military Department are with the Redstone Emperor, and with their stability, they will definitely directly send Phantom Beast Knights to inform the important battlefields of the Empire. Let's send a Phantom Beast Knight, just in case. ”
While speaking, everyone helped the stiff Chi Aotian to the general's mansion chamber.
"I want soldiers! I want 10,000 soldiers of the Black Dragon Knights!" Chi Aotian didn't wait for everyone to sit down, and shouted: "I want to wash the Holy See in blood, and I want to wash the Ulu City in blood, and I want to use the blood of 1 million Holy See believers to honor my uncle!"
Everyone was stunned when they looked at the crazy Chi Aotian, in the impression of knowing Chi Aotian, he was a boy who didn't say a word for a day, he was cold at all times, and there seemed to be no excitement, laughter and other systems in the boy's nerves. Of course, they wouldn't know that three days ago, Chi Aotian rebelled and held a long sword in front of His Majesty the King.
"However, Second Young Master, the Great Master is still fighting with the enemy on the front line, if the Phanos Legion and the Sanggan River Theater join forces to attack, or run out of food and grass, Your Excellency the Marquis's 100,000 army may collapse at any time, the most important thing for us now is to open up the Boundary Forest, so that the Marquis's army can return to Tongyun Pass as soon as possible through the Boundary Forest Trail. As far as a staff officer is concerned, Du Rui Minglan has a very clear mind and immediately grasps the most critical point of the current situation.
"I don't care. Chi Aotian said three words coldly.
"Second Young Master, you must consider the overall situation, otherwise in case we receive an unfavorable response, the Lord Marquis will suffer a heavy blow......"
Du Rui Minglan wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Chi Aotian's split. Chi Aotian has been staying in the imperial capital, except for some officials of the Chi family who accompanied Duke Chi and his father back to the imperial capital, they don't know anyone else in the territory, and the opportunity for Chi Hantong to return to the imperial capital is relatively small, so almost none of Chi Hantong's subordinate generals Chi Aotian don't know anyone. Chi Aotian hated the swagger the most in his life, the staff officer in front of him, repeatedly fought three times to show how witty he was, with Chi Aotian's character could not tolerate it at all, and slapped his palm on the table: "Get out!
Du Rui Minglan is a very arrogant person, since entering the Marquis's Mansion, although he cannot directly replace the chief staff officer, but he has become one of the most important strategists in the Marquis's Mansion with his scheming, not only the Marquis, but even His Excellency the Duke is very polite to Du Rui Minglan. Chi Aotian said a word, the speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional. Immediately, Du Rui Minglan felt that her status was humble, she glanced at Chi Aotian obliquely, and without saying a word, she strode out of the conference hall.
Chi Changyun motioned to several other staff officers to go out to persuade Du Rui Minglan, and wanted to use his status as a brother to stop Chi Aotian: "Changfeng, when my father left, he took away three brigades of the Black Dragon Knights, and now I only have three brigades in my hands, counting the clerks for a total of 12,543 people." Where can I find you another 10,000 Black Dragon Knights?Besides, Mr. Du Ruiminglan is right, a gentleman will take revenge, ten years is not too late......"
Chi Aotian's eyes were bloodshot, his eyes were tightly squinted, and there were still two blood-red gazes, staring at Chi Changyun, and said word by word: "I remember, according to the Chi family's family rules, if you avenge an immediate family member, as long as you cross the border, then anyone can use the Black Dragon Knights of 5,000 people, right?"
The Black Dragon Knights, originally founded as the Chi family's own guards, and later after more than 100 years of conquest, they were officially included in the regular army of the empire. Therefore, there is such a clause in the Chi family's family rules. Of course, Chi Changyun also knew, and nodded silently.
"I still remember that the direct descendants of any contemporary head of the Chi family have the right to use the 5,000 Black Dragon Knights to serve themselves for 5 years in order to make meritorious contributions. Right?"
The third-generation head of the Chi family likes his young son very much. However, due to the Imperial Succession Law, the position of Duke Marquis of the Chi family can only be inherited by the eldest son, and as the youngest son, he can only inherit the title of viscount by demotion, and as the youngest daughter, not only can she not be ranked according to the genealogy of the Chi family, but she does not even have the right to become a knight of the empire. At that time, the empire treated women quite lightly, and according to the previous dynasty's legal calendar, women were not allowed to inherit any family business, join the army, do business, and so on. And this girl named Ikeda Meng is far superior to the other six sons and thirteen grandchildren, on the march and fighting, her thirteen brothers together are not on the same level, as a girl, bold and careful, when the other brothers are still deeply afraid of the dragon, they are already extremely happy to hold the dragon's neck and climb up and down, the dragon is in addition to the head of the Chi family, and the little girl is allowed to ride. Therefore, the head of the Chi family specially formulated such a family rule. At that time, the empire was using troops against the Sacred Desert Empire, Ikeda Meng led 5,000 private troops across 8,000 miles, all the way through the sacred desert, through the uninhabited desert hinterland, the Black Dragon Knight banner from the southwest of the desert to the northeast of the desert, not only the Sacred Desert Empire was afraid to run away, but also laid down 1.3 million square kilometers of land east of the boundary forest for the empire, today's ice floe port is the final place where Ikeda's army finally drank horses. When Ikeda Meng was 21 years old, he was already an official of the Imperial Blue Feather Knight, a first-class general of the military department, and a knight to the east. If it weren't for the fact that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince later favored him, he chased 3,000 miles to marry into the royal family and eventually became the queen, and Ikeda Moe might even surpass Naizu's final title.