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“...... My only choice was ...... Maintain this advantage in the city!"

In town!!

The brilliant fireworks are still rendered in the black night sky, beautiful and gorgeous!

However, just when people were surprised by the fireworks that were suddenly released in the middle of the night, only the people in the palace understood the meaning of the fireworks blooming at this moment!

For the emperor's side, this is a symbol of reinforcements, a symbol of victory, a symbol of hope!

However, for the rebels on the side of Hilo, this beautiful and brilliant firework is a desperate talisman!!

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It is only ten miles away from the imperial capital.

A garrison barracks southeast of the city.

This military camp was originally used as a suboutskirt of the imperial capital for guest troops, or for the garrison of the Imperial Guard's army during the annual spring drills.

At this time, the military camp was full, and the guards of the royal city who had been transferred from the imperial capital during the day had already filled this military camp.

In the same situation here, there is also a military camp in the west of the imperial capital.

The Praetorian Guard of the Royal City is in the ranks of the Imperial Army, although it is known as a "legion". However, the actual strength was not as large as that of a regular army.

As an army to garrison the imperial capital, it only needs to garrison a city in the imperial capital, and obviously there is no need to maintain a large legion. Therefore, the Wangcheng Guards, in terms of actual establishment, actually only had two full divisions.

Under the imperial system, a fully staffed division is 20,000 people. The two divisions, plus the auxiliary personnel such as logistics and baggage engineers, will not exceed 50,000.

This scale is much smaller than the other main battle legions of the empire are all on the scale of 100,000 people. But after all, it is the "Imperial Forest Army" of the garrison imperial capital, so in order to highlight its status. The title of Legion is still given, and the officers of the Guards of the Royal City have always been highly qualified. The corps commander even added the false title of deputy chief of the military department, although it was only a relatively low-ranking deputy chief.

For the sudden change of defense and handing over the city defense of the imperial capital to a guest army, even if this guest army is recognized as the elite "Thunder God Whip" of the empire, the upper and lower ranks of the Wangcheng Guards are also extremely unconvinced.

The order that the imperial decree was conveyed during the day, asking the army to change its defenses, hand over the city defense to Thor's whip, and that the entire Guards assemble and march out of the city and temporarily station them in the barracks outside the city, filled the army with a latent resentment and discontent.

But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and the imperial decree is issued. The army deserves to be executed to the letter.

Most of the soldiers of the Wangcheng Guards have always been selected from the imperial capital or the children of good families nearby. The empire has been peaceful for a hundred years, and the people in the imperial capital area have enjoyed peace and lived and worked in peace and contentment, which can be said to be the most direct beneficiaries of the empire's peace for a hundred years, so most of the royal city guards who were born in the imperial capital area have extremely high loyalty to the imperial family. After the order to change the guard was issued, although the guards of the royal city did not dare to complain to the emperor, this grievance was vented on the "Thunder God's Whip" who changed the guard.

As the "Imperial Forest Army" of the garrison imperial capital. The Imperial Guards can be said to be a collection of thousands of favors, whether it is food or equipment, it is the first class of treatment among all the regular armies of the empire, second only to the real Imperial City Imperial Forest Army. Even any of the latest and greatest equipment from the Imperial Party. They are also the first to be equipped with this royal city guard.

After all, the garrison of places like the imperial capital is the top priority, and both military and political significance are the top priorities of the empire.

With this series of treatments, the Wangcheng Guards are naturally extremely high-spirited. But suddenly there was an order. Letting them change their guards and hand over the defense area, which symbolizes the honor of an army, to a foreign guest army, is a slap in the face to the pride of the Wangcheng Guard.

It goes without saying that the people in the army are not convinced. After ceding the defense area, after going to the military camp outside the city to station, the morale of the army was also a little fluctuating, and under the strict pressure of officers at all levels, nothing happened.

But at this time, the entire royal city guards were like a flame hidden in their chests, and they were very impetuous, just a little bit.

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Manstein, born in a traditional martial arts family in the imperial capital, although it is not a first-class wealthy family, it can also be regarded as a circle of descendants loyal to the royal family.

The forty-six-year-old Manstein was able to sit in the position of commander of the 2nd Division of the Wangcheng Guards because of his extraordinary military talent, let alone outstanding feats.

On the one hand, it is because of his inconspicuous family affairs. Four generations of Manstein's family were born in the imperial side, and three generations served in the Imperial Guard.

On the other hand, it is a "stable" word in his usual style!

As a high-ranking general in the Wangcheng Guard, you don't need to have any outstanding military strategy or outstanding military talent. Being in the imperial capital, unless the empire encounters some major disaster, it is rare for the royal city guards to have the opportunity to fight on the front line. The greatest significance of the existence of the Wangcheng Guards as the garrison military force of the imperial capital is to deter and protect the safety of the imperial capital.

In this context, as the commander of the Wangcheng Guard, what you need most is not how good you are, but whether the emperor trusts you enough, and whether you yourself act steadily enough!

Manstein was a general who was known for his "stability".

Such a general, if he is placed on the front line, may not be qualified, he may not have outstanding military strategy and military bravery, may not have the ability to change tactics and agility, or may not be able to command a large-scale battle...... But it was only fitting for such a general to stay in the imperial capital to lead a division of the Wangcheng Guards.

Manstein's greatest characteristic is loyalty! Absolute loyalty to the royal family! For any imperial decree from the palace, Manstein has always carried out to the letter, I have to say, he actually grasped the biggest element of being a city guard general: you may be able to discount the orders of the military department, and you may not be appreciated by the military bosses. But as long as you can gain the emperor's trust, then the position of the royal guards is as stable as a rock!

For example, once today's change of guard order was issued, the whole army was full of complaints, and even the first division of the Wangcheng Guards was in an uproar.

But Manstein's 2nd Division was completely different!

This is the general of the Second Division of the Wangcheng Guards Army. After careful screening and confirmation of the truth of this imperial decree, there is no more to say!

He immediately issued the order for the whole army of the Second Division to assemble, and even personally ordered the troops, battalion by battalion, to run over and over, personally urging the army to assemble as quickly as possible, hand over the city defense, and then personally came forward to suppress the complaints in the army, and then at the fastest speed. Pulling the team out of the imperial capital's city defense, he went to the designated military camp outside the city to station!

Manstein's trick is that if the emperor's order is certain to be true, then whatever the content of the order is, it will be carried out to the letter!

He knows more that his military strategic talent is really not outstanding among the generals at the same level in the emperor's **, although he also studied in the emperor's ** academy in his early years, but even his former classmates and division commanders. are not optimistic about this guy who is mediocre in all aspects.

But Manstein understands one thing: as the commander of the Imperial Guard, His Majesty does not need you to have a genius military strategy, how good your military skills are, and how good you are at maneuvering or even sitting in this position. You'd better not think too much! In order to make the emperor feel at ease, you'd better be honest with a knife in the emperor's hand! Your Majesty will swing wherever you want!

If a knife has too many ideas of its own, then how can His Majesty the Emperor rest assured of you?

I have to say. Manstein has done an excellent job at this over the years!

The emperor asked him to change his guard, and he changed his guard. Tell him to give up the zone to Thor's Whip, and he does so. Let him gather his troops out of the city and station, and he will pull them out of the city.

Although Manstein was also puzzled and curious, he would never ask why!

As long as it is the order of His Majesty the Emperor, then you don't need to think about what "why" yourself, you only need to do the duty of a knife!

After pulling the entire 2nd Division to the barracks outside the city, Manstein dutifully supervised the stationing of his troops, and although he had no outstanding talents, he was very commendable for his steady conduct. He even personally summoned the officers in the army and arranged for his subordinates to appease the morale of the army.

In the evening, Manstein personally patrolled the camp with his own soldiers. With a temporary change of guard and stationing out of the city, the military logistics must be a little chaotic. Fortunately, this is not the first time that this military camp has been settled, and it will come to the spring drill every year, and as a standing military camp, the camp also has some reserves of military supplies. Although Manstein did not have any special skills, he did it himself, but he also won the hearts of his subordinates, and with him in charge, the morale of the second division gradually stabilized.

In the evening, the logistics made a hot meal, although it was such a cold day to go out of the city to station, the soldiers inevitably complained, but there was a hot meal to eat, and the highest commander in the army personally patrolled the camp. Manstein also knew how to put on a show, and he personally served meals to several soldiers, patted this shoulder, and hammered that chest. This style also made many soldiers grateful.

At the last dinner, he did not go back to his commander's barracks to enjoy special dishes, but took a food box, sat with a group of sergeants, surrounded the bonfire, and listened to a few meat jokes from his sergeants from time to time, but the atmosphere was also harmonious.

Seeing that it was already night, Manstein was relieved to see that the snow had stopped.

If the heavy snow falls like this for two more days, I am afraid that the charcoal fire for heating and burning in the camp will not be enough, and the winter clothes and quilts for the camp will have to wait for tomorrow for the logistics to be called.

The snow stopped, but it also made Manstein breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking in the direction of the imperial capital. The most prosperous city in the empire is faintly lit at night.

"At this time, the New Year's celebration in front of the palace should have ended. Manstein couldn't help but sigh, and sighed in his heart: If it was in previous years, he would have been with his wife and children at home at this time, watching the excitement above the imperial city, and the fireworks that night......

Thinking of this, Manstein's heart suddenly moved, and his face showed a little strange!

Fireworks!!!

Manstein looked at the outline of the imperial capital in the distance, faintly lit up...... But this night sky is full of stars, where are the New Year's fireworks?

Manstein felt a little uneasy in his heart, pulled over a lieutenant general beside him, frowned, and said, "Gregory, what time is it?"

The lieutenant general drank two glasses of wine at night, and his face turned red at the moment, but in the face of the general's inquiry, he still hurriedly bowed down and said: "My lord, when the night patrol was reported, it should be midnight." ”

"Midnight?"

Manstein involuntarily stood up, straightened up, and looked in the direction of the imperial capital with a solemn face!

Midnight!

It's already midnight?!

Manstein's thoughts turned quickly: he had been in the imperial capital for many years, and naturally knew that the annual New Year's night celebration, the fireworks set off at night, had become an important repertoire of the imperial capital New Year, and even the imperial capital New Year's fireworks festival, famous throughout the continent, every New Year's Eve, there are a large number of foreign tourists will come to sightsee.

And the fireworks festival of the New Year's celebration is also a traditional program that has always been retained, even in the era of the fiercest war between the empire and the orc aliens a hundred years ago, this grand event of the New Year has never been interrupted every year!

This symbolizes the prosperity of the empire, stability and prosperity!!

There has been no one-year hiatus in a hundred years of New Year's fireworks extravaganza, but tonight ...... It's already midnight, but there are no fireworks in the night sky of the imperial capital......

Manstein's expression became more solemn, he took a deep breath, looked at his subordinate lieutenants, and said in a low voice, "Maybe I was wrong...... But...... Before tonight, did you see fireworks set off in the direction of the imperial capital?"

"Fireworks?" The deputy general was stunned for a moment, then shook his head blankly, and he frowned, "Uh...... My lord, I don't care too much, in such a cold weather, the big guys are all here to bake and drink wine to keep warm, where will I pay attention to this. Besides, we are ten miles away from the imperial capital, even if there are fireworks in the imperial capital, we can't see it here......"

Manstein shook his head: "No, such a dark night, as long as you let it go, you will definitely be able to see it! Three years ago, I took people to the Acropolis to escort a royal convoy on New Year's Eve, and the place is farther away from the imperial capital, but you can also see the New Year's fireworks! We have an open terrain here, how can we not see the reason......

As he spoke, Manstein couldn't help but take a few steps back and forth, and his heart grew more and more uneasy.

Instinctively, the general of the Wangcheng Guards sensed that something was wrong!

A feeling of irritability in my heart was born...... Do you want to send a patrol to the direction of the imperial capital?

He was hesitating whether to send someone to call the scout camp, when suddenly the adjutant general next to him laughed loudly and laughed loudly at Manstein: "Look, general, isn't that a firework going up!"

When Manstein heard this, his heart suddenly relaxed, and he immediately turned around and looked at the night sky in the direction of the imperial capital pointed by the lieutenant general......

But just looking at it at this time, Manstein's heart, which had been loosened, suddenly suddenly rose to his throat!

His heartbeat missed half a beat in an instant, his face turned blue instantly, his body stiffened, and even his fingers trembled slightly!!

Fireworks !! this...... This fireworks !! (to be continued)