The approximate origin of General Alpay, the commander of the 4th Infantry Division of the Guards Army, was certainly not unknown to Du Wei.

In such a big battle related to the fortunes of the empire, how could Du Wei not know who the commander of the friendly army was? However, Du Wei did not expect that this Alpayi would dare to make such an outrageous move.

According to the information in Du Wei's hand, this General Alpayi is still quite young, as a high-ranking imperial officer with the rank of general, he comes from an ancient family with a long history in the south of the empire, and this family and the royal family also have some thousand

Inextricably linked...... But this is not unusual.

And he is also considered an upstart in the emperor's [**] team. Because of the dìdū coup d'état more than two years ago, the Wangcheng Guards were reorganized and reorganized on a large scale after the coup d'état, and the original 2nd Division of the guardian dìdū was abolished because of its collective participation in the coup rebellion

Except (of course, more than 4,000 officers and soldiers, which later fell directly into Du Wei's pocket).

After a large-scale rectification, the current Fourth Division is composed of 5,000 veterans of the Wangcheng Guards, plus a few thousand reservists from various places, plus 10,000 people from the Southern Army. It's worth mentioning

What is the news that Du Wei got that in the Fourth Infantry Division of the Wangcheng Guards, there are also 500 Royal Forest Army specially assigned to Alpayi by Prince Chen.

Let the regent give five hundred royal guards. This is at least an obvious sign: the background of this Alpayi is not simple.

General Alpayi, who is now Chinese New Year's Eve a year old, can be regarded as a standard young Zhuang officer. can be regarded as coming from a wealthy family. However, the other family has never had deep roots in the military. Du Wei only got a cursory understanding. This General Alpayi.

More than two years ago, he was only a deputy commander of a local garrison in a certain province in the south. And in just over two years. Taking advantage of the coup d'état, Prince Tatsu needed to reorganize the army on a large scale. In order to strengthen the control of the military territory. One of them had to

A group of young and strong soldiers were selected and promoted. According to the military's biographies, the general was in charge of the local garrison in the south. Managing local law and order is very outstanding. At the same time, it has also stabilized local order, and has also made some military achievements in suppressing bandits.

Bandits......

The word. Du Wei laughed a little when he heard this. This kind of excuse is okay for outsiders, but Du Wei himself was born into a martial arts family. His father was once the No. 2 boss in the military. What is the doorway in this, can Du Wei still know?

Generally speaking, any officer with a family background is just gilded in the local army. And just mix in the place for two or three years. Accumulated some military experience and qualifications, and then under the operation of family ties. You can wave a big pen,

The vague concept of "meritorious service in suppressing bandits" was added to the resume.

What do you mean by suppressing bandits? It's ridiculous. The south was the richest region of the empire. Where did so many "bandits" come from?

If it is said that the Northern Storm Legion is also responsible for patrolling the frozen forest and hunting demonic beasts every year. And often have skirmishes with mercenary groups that poach in the frozen forest, as well as some family private armed hunting teams. These are barely enough

It can be counted as a military merit.

But the south is full of bandits. Speaking of which, it can make people laugh off their big teeth. Thousands of miles of fertile soil. In the rich and tranquil south, there is simply no room for large-scale bandits to survive. Most of the so-called "suppression of bandits" are exaggerated. There is a time for land. Catch

A gang or two of thieves. It can be written in the report as an exaggeration of military exploits to quell the rebellion of bandits on one side.

Of course. This Alpayi was able to rise from a commander to a general in just over two years, in addition to his family background and the military exploits of these so-called "bandits", it was more that he encountered the best opportunity!

After the coup d'état, the Imperial Guard, the first main battle legion, underwent a large-scale reorganization and purge, and in order to strengthen his control over the army, Prince Chen naturally did not use those proud old men in the army, but selected one extraordinarily

The guys of the Young Zhuang faction, because they are young, have not deep roots, and it is easier to control. And this Alpayi is one of the beneficiaries.

From a commander to a general, it took him just over two years. And it's also the Imperial Guard, the main battle legion!

However, Du Wei himself is also the type who is promoted frighteningly fast. If you talk about the "Young Zhuang faction", then Du Wei himself can be regarded as the largest "Young Zhuang faction" in the empire. Now I met the same typical young Zhuang faction, originally this guy Ruo Cong

If you are clear, you should be as respectful as possible to yourself, after all, in this war in the northwest, although Du Wei was not explicitly appointed as the commander, after all, among the commanders of several armies on the battlefield now, Du Wei's status is the highest. Reasonable, this

Arpayi should also show a little respect to Du Wei.

However, it was Du Wei's surprise!

In the presence of Andre and Governor Bohan, Du Wei sent people out of the barracks of the Guards of the Royal City outside the city to "invite" the general Alpayi into the city. The man who had been sent came back very quickly—a man who had returned, and brought with him Alpa

General Yi's reply.

"Although I have admired the Duke for a long time, during the war, I am busy with military affairs, so I can't be invited, it's a pity!"

This answer came back, and both Andre and Bohan were stunned - this Alpayi is so bold!

But after Du Wei heard this, his face was silent, and then he just nodded and sneered.

Hmph, this time it is clearly a faint expression: you are not my boss, you have no authority to order me to meet you, I can only invite, but I don't have time to accept your invitation!

Speaking of which, this Alpayi is really horizontal enough.

Du Wei is not a reckless person, with his current status and status in the empire. If this guy dares to put on a show like this to himself, then he must be ashamed.

"What a big shelf!!" It was Andre who was angry, and he was angry today because of the actions of the royal city guards. caused his subordinates to suffer additional losses, and he naturally held back a fire in his heart. And. He has a lot of respect for Du Wei in his heart. soon

This guy didn't even give Du Wei the ground, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Hmph! It's just a small division commander, and he is so arrogant? Lord Duke." You wait. I'm going to take someone to the Guards camp and kidnap this guy!"

He's a fiery temper. Immediately strode out. Du Wei smiled and took two quick steps. Stop Andrew. comforted the two armies and pulled him back. Then he said: "Forget it, after all, he is not a subordinate under my control." Not under my command

It is also reasonable. ”

Governor Bohan next to him sighed, his eyes were a little complicated, he bowed to Du Wei, and said slowly: "Lord Duke." Since this is the case, then this breath can only be swallowed. Alas......"

Du Wei knew Bohan in his heart

What is worried. After the Northwest Army was settled. He, the governor of the province of Nurin, has no continuing value. Besides, he is not the descendant of Prince Chen, and there is no Northwest Army. He, Bohan, will inevitably lose his authority next. Even if it is the prince of Chen

is a relatively famous monarch, and he will not directly cut his official position, but he will be transferred from the position of governor and make a vacant position for him. It's also expected.

This time, the Wangcheng Guards were killed on the battlefield and could not be saved. Seeing that the Bohan army was damaged, he did not move. Bohan was worried that it might mean dìdū, weakening the power in his hands.

Ridiculous...... I don't have the heart to rebel. What's the point of weakening my forces in this way? The 200,000 rebellions in the Lu Heights were put down. How many troops am I Bohan?

"But!" Andre couldn't help but glance at Du Wei: "Could it be that this breath is swallowed? I can't bear it with the Storm Legion! The dead and wounded are all the same, why are all the military exploits taken by the guards of his royal city? More than 10,000 beheaded?

Alpayi!!! I have seen the snatching of military merit. It's the first time I've seen it so shamelessly!"

Du Wei yīnyīn smiled, but said lightly: "General Andre, what you said is wrong...... General Arpayi just sent me a document asking for merit...... Approve it or not, but it's still inconclusive! Besides, have you forgotten?

I'm not the commander in chief of this war, and I'm not qualified to make a decision on this military document. It also has to be sent to the dìdū headquarters before the conclusion can be determined! If he Alpayi can write a request for merit, can't you write it? He can write 10,000? Can't you write 20,000?"

Du Wei said this, which made Andre stunned for a moment, to be honest, General Andre is a strict soldier, and believes in the knight jīng god, this kind of false credit, he has not seen it in the army, but he has never done it himself. And

What's more, it's so [**] bare and falsely reported?

"This ...... I'm afraid it's not good, Lord Duke. The total number of casualties of the Northwest Army was less than 20,000...... I say so. ”

Du Wei snorted: "He is the first year of junior high school, and you are the fifteenth, what are you afraid of? Don't you know how to write? Also, you write 20,000 beheadings...... Well, how many of us have taken prisoners in the First World War today? 30,000? So, 30,000 prisoners, you Stormtroop and Governor Bohan divide it.

If you are seven or three, you will write that the Storm Legion has taken 20,000 prisoners, and the Governor of Bohan has taken 10,000 prisoners!"

Divide?

Andre secretly felt in his heart, he had never heard of military merit being "distributed" in this way.

But Du Wei had already turned around, picked up the pen, and wrote a letter of invitation. Asking Andre to sign, Andre hesitated for a moment, remembering the behavior of the Wangcheng Guards on the battlefield today, plus Du Wei deliberately said on the side: "

The soldiers are dead and wounded, doesn't General Andre want to ask for more compensation for them?"

As soon as these words came out, Andre immediately made up his mind. Write your name on this form. Instead, Bohan glanced at Du Wei and seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say it, and wrote his name.

Finally, Du Wei also signed at the end of this thing.

"Let people send this thing to Dìdū quickly! Hmph, when the time comes, everyone will go to the headquarters at most to fight a lawsuit! The signatures of the three of us will not weigh more than him Alpayi alone! Although this is a bit excessive, it is just that he picked it

It's no wonder that we provoked first. ”

Andre was a straight-hearted man, and then he took his leave. Instead, Bohan stayed, and seemed to have something to say to Du Wei.

"Your Excellency. After seeing Andre off, Bohan walked over slowly, closed the door, turned around, and glanced at Du Wei, with a slightly worried look: "You do this." I'm afraid something is wrong. ”

Du Wei smiled faintly: "What's wrong?"

"That Alpayi. Since he dares to do such a thing. Then there must be something to rely on. He can serve as the commander of the Imperial Imperial Guard's Ground Division. Certainly not a fool, he dared to go so far. There must be some reason, and

......”

Du Wei also sighed: "Governor Bohan, you and I have been in the northwest for more than two years. How can there be a bit of friendship. There are no strangers here. Just say it. ”

Bohan smiled bitterly: "He Alpayi is not saved today, although I am annoyed. It is not unusual for him to dare to do this on the battlefield. Most of the time it means dìdū. In this way, I am afraid that I will be ordered to leave my post. It will come down in a month at most. ”

Du Wei nodded. Everyone knows this in their hearts, and there is no need to say more.

"It's this Alpayi...... Think about it, Grand Duke, he dared to do this. I'm afraid that someone behind him is supporting his waist. With your current status, even the regent will give you some face. The magnates of the empire, who will be here before your land?

Besides, what is it? In the army, I haven't heard of such a thing as grabbing merit, but it can be done so blatantly. It is done so [**] nakedly and unabashedly. But it's rare. I'm afraid...... He was instructed to do so—to dare to do it under your nose

Play this trick next. I'm afraid that the people behind him will not weigh lightly......"

Du Wei laughed: "Governor Bohan." I said it, just say it. Don't go around *** like this. I know what you mean. You are worried that Wang Cheng's guards dare to do this. Is it the regent's land?"

"Isn't it?" Bohan smiled lightly and looked into Du Wei's eyes: "Du Wei, you and I have a friendship, I am about to leave the northwest anyway, before leaving, I have a few words of advice for you." Since ancient times, you must remember the principle of self-doubt in supporting troops. from

Before, you had 100,000 troops in the northwest, and you had made so many great achievements, but because of the threat of the Northwest Army, the empire naturally tolerated you in order to rely on you to contain the Northwest Army. But now the Northwest Army is gone—although the bird hides this kind of thing,

It may not fall on your land, but historically, zhōngyāng will not allow the place to have too much strength. Otherwise, they wouldn't be worried about the emergence of a second Northwest Army, Lu Gao? You now have 100,000 troops, and the northwest has a huge prestige here. I'm just afraid ......"

In the past few days, Du Wei has taken time to do some research, and he even took a little blood from Sebasta to study - Du Wei had already made a simple microscope based on his previous life's knowledge. Studied the Sebastadi

Blood. It's a pity that Du Wei's original knowledge of this area was almost blank, and he didn't produce any results.

But it was a whim. Let the two dogs be brought in respectively, take out a little of the blood of the Sebasta, and first feed a few drops to one of the dogs and drink it, but the poor dog, in less than a moment, exploded and died, and died a very miserable death. Du Wei again

He took out a simple needle made by himself and injected a few drops of blood into the body of another dog.

As a result, after a while, the dog changed, became crazy and irritable, and his strength became several times greater, and even the cage in which it was held almost broke through! The small thumb was thick and thin, and it was bitten off in a few bites! The whole body also became extremely strong,

The soldiers who guarded the ground around him cut seven or eight swords before they hacked the dog to death.

This result surprised Du Wei in his heart. It's just that he was still confused, and he quietly flipped through the notes left by the previous witch king Gulan Xiu, trying to find some records about the "perfect body", but unfortunately he didn't find anything at all

Arrive.

He immediately remembered that in the secret passage under the governor's palace in the city of Gilliat, there seemed to be the corpses of the strange creatures that had been tested in the land left by the previous witch king, Gulanius.

It's a pity that he is busy with things in hand now, so he plans to take Sebasta with him as soon as the matter is dealt with, and take time to go to Gilliat City, re-enter that secret passage, dig up the corpses of those strange creatures, and study them carefully.

Early in the morning of the fourth day after the war, after Du Wei had signed a few documents, he sent someone to report the final results of the battle, and was breathing a sigh of relief, but a voice came from outside the door, the muse of the Liszt family asked to see him.

Muse?

When Du Wei heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

This guy came to the front line with him, but how could he really let this guy go into battle to fight?

These days, Du Wei gave him a leisurely messenger, and asked him to follow the cavalry team he sent out, searching everywhere to hunt down the defeated soldiers of the Northwest Army who had fled on the battlefield. There isn't much danger in this task. And Du Wei sent thousands,

After searching for more than two hundred miles around, he finally sent this guy away from home, so as not to cause trouble to himself in front of his eyes.

Dressed in the uniform of the Tulip family cavalry, the Muse strode into the room, knelt down on one knee first, and gave Du Wei a standard military salute: "Lord Duke." ”

Du Wei sat behind the table and raised his eyelids to look at the kid...... Although he looked tired, the look in his eyes was very energetic, and it seemed that he had enjoyed the training in the past few days.

"Everything I told you is done?" Du Wei said lightly: "I ordered to search for twenty days, and it is only the first few days, and you have run back?" Muse, don't forget, your current identity is a small ten-man cavalry commander, without the orders of your boss, privately."

Leaving the battlefield is a violation of military law. ”

The muse snorted, with a "I knew you would say that" expression, and raised his head and said loudly: "Lord Duke! I didn't leave the battlefield without permission, and this time I came back in a hurry because...... I've had a huge harvest!"

"Oh?" said Du Wei dropped the pen in his hand.

"I caught a big fish! a really big fish!!" Muse looked excited: "Lord Duke, I can't think of it! You can't regret the reward you set!!"

Du Wei frowned: "What big fish did you catch?"

The muse blinked: "The second person in the Northwest Army!