Although the cold wind repeatedly delayed the pace of the chūn day, the chūn day still arrived.

After March, the whole Northwest started to get busy.

On an area of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, it stretches from Nulin Province in the east, to the Northwest Corridor in the west, to the Kilimanjaro Mountains in the north, and to Loulan Lake in the south. The troops of the brigade marched out and went to each of the pre-set cāo performance locations.

This was decreed by the Roland Empire, and the annual chūn season of the army throughout the empire was performed.

A thousand years ago, the Aragonese Emperor rose on the continent with amazing talents, conquered the east and the west, and fought in the south and the north, which integrated the entire continent and established such a huge empire. And since the beginning of Aragonese himself, such an iron law has been established!

In order to ensure that the Imperial army would not be weakened by too much peace, the Imperial army would perform a chūn season every year on the day of the chūn.

And such a cāo performance, in the Aragonese era, was strictly enforced.

Although in later generations, with the end of the Aragon era, the empire of later generations gradually abandoned this iron law for too long, and even had a history of the emperor's ** team not performing for more than ten years, and the military discipline and combat power were wasted. However, later, with the change of the current Augustinian dynasty, this iron law of the former Aragonese the Great was once again strictly enforced.

After all, the current Augustinian Dynasty was only established for two hundred years, and there were also small-scale wars in some areas during this period, so that the imperial army got a certain amount of jǐng and did not relax too much.

In particular, thanks to the current Emperor Augustin VI. Although this guy is considered to be a tyrant who is very happy, at least during his tenure, he has never paid more attention to military combat and cāo training, especially during the reign of Augustine VI, the emperor ** team has been cāo performed every year, and there has been almost no break during the period.

Although it is said that during the reign of Augustin VI, he did a lot of ridiculous things, and this emperor was not too wise, the Northwest War was a futile and wasted national strength, and the situation of the South Sea Expedition was greater than the gain.

But it is undeniable that it is also thanks to the presence of this emperor. The current average combat effectiveness of the Empire's army can be said to be the best maintained by the Roland Empire for more than a hundred years.

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chūn wind together, the army marched.

The two northwestern provinces, in terms of the division of war zones, naturally belong to the territory of the Northwest Army Corps. Although the Northwest Legion has secretly fought against zhōngyāng, and has never been abandoned in this annual chūn season cāo performance.

What's more, this annual chūn season cāo performance is also a way for the Northwest Army to show its strength, to deter the empire a little, to show a little toughness, to use it as its own political bargaining chip. Therefore, every year the chūn season cāo performance, the Northwest Army is unsparing no effort to execute. Mobilize several armies with strict training and the strongest combat power, show off their might in the northwest, and perform a performance.

Of course, at the same time, we will not forget Jǐng's every move of the imperial dìdū.

It is worth pondering that the annual chūn season cāo performance, for the imperial dìdūzhōngyāng, this place in the northwest is a place of special attention!

The movement of 200,000 troops - and the 200,000 troops that do not listen to their own control, such frequent mobilizations make the empire zhōngyāng, how can he not be nervous?!

Every year, on the Chūn day, the Imperial Wangcheng Guards Corps would mobilize tens of thousands of Jīng Guards all the way to the west, stationed in the upper reaches of the Lancang Canal, and the troops would face the northwest, making a nervous guard, in case the Northwest Legion would rebel and make any real rebellious moves.

The same is true for the Northwest Legion, which is the same as their annual cāo performance, and the two most sharp cavalry divisions of the Northwest Legion will drive all the way to the eastern border of Nulin Province, nominally for normal long-distance training, but in fact, it is also Jǐng Ti and Zhanngyāng's Wangcheng Guards Corps in a confrontation in case the empire takes the opportunity to mobilize troops into the northwest.

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For the Northwest Army, the annual chūn season cāo performance, although it is necessary to always be on guard against the Imperial Zhōngyāng's Imperial Guards Legion, is a little unreassuring. However, over the years, zhōngyāng has been unable to take care of the northwest, and has not had the courage to fight a civil war and completely eradicate the internal troubles in the northwest.

Over the years, the main battle faction and the compromise faction in the military command have quarreled and quarreled. The hard-line main battle faction was often the new young generals of the empire, advocating the subjugation of the northwestern sovereignty by force, completely solving the status quo of the warlords in the northwestern army, and maintaining the centralized rule of zhōngyāng.

And the compromisers, although they are hated in their hearts, are not the soft bones they imagined. On the contrary, these people are not selfish, and most of them are also people who are genuinely worried about the country and the people, and every time they quarrel with the main war faction, they can also come up with a lot of analysis of the empire's finances, military expenditures, and national strength, and speak in reality, the empire's current national strength is declining, and it is simply unable to fight a civil war -- if it is forcibly launched, even if the civil war is won, the vitality of the empire's national strength will be greatly damaged! The bad consequences that will follow, under analysis, may occur in two situations:

First, the empire reluctantly subdued the Northwest and solved the Northwest Corps. But the steppe aliens took advantage of the situation: imagine that without the Northwest Army to guard the northwest, and after the civil war, where did the empire, which suffered a great loss of military strength, draw so many troops to deal with the steppe wolves with hundreds of thousands of jīng sharp iron horses?

Second, even if the alien races in the northwest do not take advantage of the situation...... So, imagine if the empire were to fight a civil war, where would it mobilize troops against the Northwest Legion? The Royal City Guards Legion, which is the Aragonese Emperor's founding legion, the most glorious "Thorn Flower Legion", in terms of equipment, combat power, and military strength, can fight against the Northwest Advance Regiment...... But the problem is that if after the war, even if the Northwest Army is solved, if the Wangcheng Guards Corps loses too much, its vitality will be greatly damaged...... So if the direct military power in the hands of the empire is too weak...... It is difficult to guarantee that the Northern Legion in the Frozen Forest of the North, as well as the Southern Legion, or other powerful noble lords in the Empire, will not have different aspirations!

There is a political power under the barrel of a gun, although the Roland Continent is a different world, but the people here also understand it!

If because of the civil war, the final result of zhōngyāng is weak, and the place is strong...... So once the chaos arises, it will not be easy to calm down again!

Because of this reason, the empire will divide the warlords of the Northwest Army, repeatedly tolerate it, and appease it every year, so that the tail of the Northwest Army will not be lost.

And for the Northwest Army, this annual chūn season cāo performance has another great benefit:

Money!

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The Iron Law of the Empire, the annual chūn season cāo performance, the required military consumption is directly distributed by the emperor. Weapons, horses, grain and grass were all supplied by the local government, and the imperial side would compensate the local government in the form of financial subsidies.

In the northwest, this situation gave the Northwest Army an advantage: the original wartime ordinance more than 20 years ago gave the Northwest Army the right to meddle in local finances. In the name of the Northwest Army, so many armies were pulled out and practiced back and forth in the two northwestern provinces, and every time they passed, they would directly ask the local people for money and food - if you didn't give it, you would be disobeying the emperor's order.

Governor Bohan, who had been in the Northwest for many years, had long been troubled by this situation. But he also got a little trick up his sleeve. Every year, two months before the chūn season cāo performance, he would order all the local stocks to be emptied, leaving only a small amount of grain and grass supplies. lest when the Northwest Army cāo performs, the batch of locusts will cross the border, and there will really be no grass.

Over the years, one has robbed and the other hidden, and every year a good show of hide and seek has been staged in the northwest.

However, this year, Du Wei broke this convention!

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The sun rose overhead at noon, and under the blue sky and white clouds, the defenders of Loulan City, the city of miracles, were already in full battle.

Since yesterday, the duke has given orders to restrict access to the city gates. Especially today, the city gates are closed, and no one is allowed to leave Loulan City. Even those caravans that traveled from the south to the north, and those who got the news early, simply chose to take a detour, bypassing Loulan City, and going to some small villages and towns on the shore of Loulan Lake to replenish fresh water and food, and then continue to advance.

And some people who were unwilling to take a detour also temporarily ran to the villages and towns near Loulan City to live temporarily.

When a dark shadow gradually appeared on the horizon in the distance, the dense sound of iron hooves, like a thunderbolt under a sunny sky, smashed into the hearts of the guards one after another!

The northwest wasteland, with flat terrain, is the most suitable for cavalry attacks. And at this moment, on the horizon, a line of black pressure is like a wave, like a wind and dark clouds. Looking around, I saw a black and oppressive cavalry, galloping on horseback, with horse's hooves like thunder all the way, and dust all over the sky!

Standing at the head of the city, some experienced veterans can identify the other party's situation by looking at the dust.

Such a large area of cavalry, to say the least, there were more than 20,000 people. Moreover, in the midst of galloping, the queue was not chaotic, but the queue in the goose band put on an undisguised attack posture and came towards Loulan City!

The dust almost obscured the sky.

Most of the guards standing on the walls of Loulan City were mainly Jīng Rui veterans of the 4,000 rebels under Du Weidang's subjugation. These Wangcheng guards, whose predecessors were jīng Rui's dìdū, couldn't help but change slightly when they looked at these galloping cavalry!

The wind and clouds are like thunder!

Almost in an instant, the large number of cavalry had galloped to the bottom of the city, and at the sound of a horn, the galloping cavalry immediately changed formation, and stopped about a mile below the city, but it was a black oppression.

The cavalry on the horse were all wearing the standard armor of the Northwest Army of the Empire, but everyone's armor was painted with a unique symbol of the Northwest Army with black sè ink.

Judging from the banner, the 20,000 cavalry who came was the establishment of a complete cavalry division. What made the defenders of Loulan City angry in their hearts was that although they stopped under the city, they blatantly put on an offensive posture!

The horns of the cavalry of the Northwest Army were constantly in the array, and then they saw the banners tumbling, and thousands of men immediately separated from the two wings, but they were running around the city. It is clearly in accordance with the battle column, and the siege of the city is carried out!

Someone had already reported to the Duke's Palace. Du Wei listened to the report and didn't say anything, just said "I know" lightly.

In fact, the anger in Du Wei's heart was also forcibly suppressed.

As early as three days ago, the Northwest Army sent someone to inform Du Wei that for this year's chūn season cāo exercise, the military headquarters of the Northwest Army decided to choose an area outside Loulan City near the lakeside for the exercise. When this decision was sent to Du Wei, the other party announced that the army had been drawn and would arrive in three days!

Such a move made Du Wei almost turn his face on the spot, but he endured it.

Why?

Three rì i.e. to?

In other words, when the messenger of the other side came to report the news, the army had already set off!

This so-called messenger is even more of a pretense! The army has already set off, so I will tell you in a pretence! If you promise, you have to agree, and if you don't agree, you have to agree!

At this moment, Du Wei listened to the report and immediately ordered to change clothes and go out. He hesitated, did not wear any duke's aristocratic dress, nor did he wear a magician's robe, but chose a set of armor - this armor was also produced by Du Wei in the shop in Dìdū, in terms of the magnificence of the shape, it can be regarded as the original Ruolin's set, and the effect has also been improved.

Du Wei was originally slender, and his illness was weak when he was young, but after cultivating the introductory kung fu of starry sky fighting qi, he has been greatly improved, and he has gradually stood up in the northwest for a year, although there is still a slight trace of young childishness on his face, which is also limited by age. However, the majesty between the manners is stronger than the other.

At this moment, this specially made armor is worn on the body, and when I look at it fiercely, it is really a heroic breath rushing towards my face. In his gestures, he also has a bit of the flavor of a young general.

Du Wei gave an order, took all the guards and the guards and the elder smoke, and immediately left the Duke's Palace and walked out of the city gate.