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713 The South’s Decision (1)

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South Palavon, Driss City

The sky has always looked a little melancholy. It is always gloomy, without any sunshine, but it never rains. "Please familiarize yourself with the domain name." Although the weather is already September, it still feels a little bit hot.

I don’t know if it’s because the civil war in Palaven makes people feel hot and uneasy, or because the weather is really muggy. The water of the Salin River flows quietly in the middle of the city of Driss, but it cannot take away this hot and humid feeling.

Among the peripheral cities in southern Palaven, Driss is the smallest city. When it had the largest number of residents in history, it had a population of less than 20,000.

Compared with the millions of people that the majestic Palavon once had, it is not even a small town. It can only be regarded as a market town at most.

However, one year of continuous war exposure caused the population of several other cities to decline rapidly. On the contrary, the remote Driss, because it was far away from the core of the battlefield, preserved a relatively large population, making it a little more frugal as a city.

However, when the flag of civil war waved in the Palawan Plain, even the remote Driss felt that the pace of war was approaching step by step, and the atmosphere of war became increasingly intense.

A large number of troops gathered on the city walls of Driss and on the streets of the city. There were farmers wearing tattered leather armor, and there were knights wearing bright red armor and red tassel helmets.

This is the base camp of the Third Legion of the Southern Noble Army. Because of the Balanlir Massacre that shocked the entire noble army, these little nobles from the south suddenly realized that the war was really coming, and this time it was the East Courtyard. People, next time it may be the Falcon Dynasty in the north, or maybe a crusade. If the troops are still dispersed like Balanlir and commanded by each, the final result will be that they are all destroyed.

Pressure determines motivation. Under this consensus, the leaderless aristocratic army made a unanimous decision. In order to avoid similar tragedies, the 80,000 aristocratic army was reorganized and merged into four major armies according to the counties to which the south belonged.

The residents of Driss City, who had long been frightened by the war, discovered that a large number of troops had been stationed in Driss City since yesterday. As the army moved in, there were also many senior military officials. All of them are big shots with gold stars shining on their epaulettes and medals hanging on their chests. It seemed like all the big shots in the kingdom had moved here all of a sudden.

The vigilance in Driss has reached an unprecedented level, with one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps on the city wall, and the number of patrols in the city has also been increased several times. 4∴8065 Residents in the city are only allowed to enter and not leave. Even if someone dies in the family, they must be temporarily left in the city. There are noble knights and peasant soldiers standing guard at the gates of the four cities. Not even a sparrow can fly out.

The place with the tightest security is naturally the former city hall of Driss, a brick-and-tile building that was almost destroyed by the war. The first formal plenary meeting of the Noble Army was held here.

Although there have been several plenary meetings before, they were all under the leadership of Marquis Bodak, and the people who participated in the meeting were all the leaders who were still recovering from their injuries in Kyoto. But this time, all the people who participated in the meeting were newly elected. The several corps commanders who came out were already familiar with each other, but when the representatives from each region entered the conference hall, each representative could still feel the heavy atmosphere.

fortunately. Although the tile-style building of the conference hall looks a bit old and outdated, it has driven away a lot of the stuffy feeling, so that the representatives participating in the meeting no longer need to wipe the sweat from their bodies frequently.

Especially for the NV representatives, it is undoubtedly a great boon. The regimental commander elected here, Duchess of Bohamming from the Sargos region, is undoubtedly the most eye-catching. As the former commander of the Seventh Knights of Rendian His third wife, this beautiful woman who is only about 25 years old, is enough to attract the attention of male animals wherever she goes.

But she also has the strongest strength in her hands. She has 7,000 elite soldiers in the noble army, 4,000 of whom are veterans of the regular army of the Seventh Knights.

When the Redian royal family decided to cede the southern Suluo region to the feuding Nords without authorization, the Seventh Knights had been surrounded by the Nords in a fortress for two months.

The 30,000-strong army was defeated by less than 5,000 people. However, with its strong will, unyielding fighting style, and incomplete fortress walls, this tenacious army pinned the 60,000-strong German army to death. The Sulu border, until the end of the war, the Rohde people had not stepped a step across the Sulu border.

Because of the lack of news, even the Ruidian Military Department thought that the Seventh Knights had been wiped out. Duke Bohamming's name was included in the death notice of the Military Department in January.

In the end, it was during the secret negotiations that Ruidean learned from Ruode that the Seventh Knights, who had been expected to be wiped out, actually persisted in their own defense zone. In order to show their sincerity, Ruidean Military Affairs The Ministry personally issued an order that the Seventh Knights could not accept.

After receiving an order from the Royal Family of Rendian asking the Seventh Knights to surrender and disarm on the spot, Duke Birmingham, who was wounded in multiple places, angrily committed suicide and used death to defend his dignity.

The Seventh Knights, who lost their commander and lost four-fifths of their strength to the Lods, also became a stain that the Ruidian Military Department had to cover up.

A brave and fearless legion was besieged for 2 months in order to collapse the kingdom's borders, but could not get any rescue. If such news spread, it would be detrimental to the prestige of the Ruidian Military Affairs Department and the stable mood of other legionnaires. A fatal blow,

At that time, it was the critical moment when the Dongting Cavalry was attacking Ye Ruige, and the Ministry of Military Affairs urgently needed to mobilize the Southern Army to move north. Such a movement was enough to shake the entire defense line.

Marquis Bolansis, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs of Ruidian, who came to take over, could only regretfully tell the survivors of the Seventh Knights that the Seventh Knights had already reported to His Majesty the King as battle damage. If it appeared again now, not only would the King Your Majesty will be furious. Even those brave soldiers who died in battle will not be able to receive compensation because of their defeated status.

Anyway, very few of the Seventh Knights have been defeated, and the Ministry of Military Affairs cannot mobilize the extra strength to restore the Seventh Knights. It is better to choose to swear allegiance to Duke Bonham's widow and become a lord's army. Those who died in battle can still receive a gold coin as compensation, and the surviving soldiers can also get a place to resettle.

"We are willing to defend Lord Burnham"

There was almost no hardship, and the 4,000 veterans who survived the war became die-hard loyalists to the Burnham family. This severe drought in the south had a great impact on the Marquis of Burnham. The territory failed to harvest, and the kind-hearted Burnham The Marquise canceled all taxes for that year. Despite this, she still could not withstand the impact of this natural disaster. No matter how much money was spent on more than 4,000 people, it was useless.

In order to find a way to survive for the soldiers whom her husband was serving, and to prevent the tragedy of cannibalism from happening to the citizens of the territory, the widow of the Bonham family resolutely decided to join the Southern Noble Army, consisting of 4,000 soldiers who were resentful of the kingdom. Burnham's Ming Army, composed of veterans and three thousand citizens, also became the most loyal soldiers under her command.

Because he did not have a strong desire for power, when he was initially selected as the leader of the southern noble army, the widow of the Bonhamming family said calmly that he went north just to find a way to survive in this drought year. He was not interested in entering the capital. He was not interested in governing, so he did not become one of the leaders who entered Kyoto.

But things are different now. The leaderless nobles of the Sargos region naturally thought of this powerful widow. Also present at the meeting this time were the Marquis of Klemda from the Luli region, and him. The deputy general Selepe, the general Tazar from Harassa and his deputy Tostao, and the bandit leader Reda from the southern mountains.

From the beginning of the meeting, there was a tense atmosphere. Reda, who was a bandit, was the first to fire, criticizing other lords' armies for being discriminatory towards his army. The 4,000 people who were killed by the Dongting people in Balanlir were all his subordinates.

Later, when he was encircling and suppressing the Dongting people, he was the one who suffered the most heavy casualties. He had more than 8,000 bandit troops composed of southern refugees under his command. For this guy who led the mob to plunder the territory, the lords everywhere have always looked down upon him. Naturally, they would not like him very much, which resulted in heavy casualties for the Reda Army who was attacked by the Dongting people.

◇◇ The more Ruida talked, the more excited she became. He simply stood up, opened his shirt, revealing his chest full of tattoos, slapped the table and said loudly: "I just want to know, as agreed, when will the other armies that will be merged into my second army arrive? Don't Our legions are already in place, but where are my people?”

He is a young man in his thirties, tall, well-developed limbs, and powerful, with a fierce and fierce light flashing in his eyes. He has good martial arts skills, so every move and every look in his eyes carries a very murderous aura. Killing someone was a common occurrence for him, and he wouldn't even frown.

However, no one here cared about Reda's question, and no one even bothered to show an obvious expression.

Quiet.

No one answered.

Except for Reda's expression, no one else seemed to hear anything.

Although Ruida was fierce, he also knew that these people in front of him were untouchable. He could show off his words, but if he really started to make trouble, he would definitely suffer a loss, so he had to snort heavily in his nose, and then sat down. He made a look of contempt for the man next to him. That was Marquis Clemda, the commander of the Fourth Army. Before forming the coalition army, Clemda once led his family's Si army and almost chased Reda into the sky. There is no way to enter the ground,

Now Reda felt that he could sit on an equal footing with these aristocratic gentlemen. He was inevitably a little domineering and arrogant. He held the conference table with both hands and said in a slow voice.

"I won't say any more clichés, and I don't want to hear them. My defense area is closest to the exit of the mountain road connecting to the north, and the Wekiyans, who even defeated the Dongting people, may go south along the mountain road at any time. Their fighting power is It is recognized that we are powerful. If you don't actively cooperate with us, we will become the prisoners of the Wikiyan people in less than a month. By then, the Wikiyan people will implement the policy of defeating everyone. "

Still quiet, no one answered.

However, the expression on the individual's face has changed slightly.

"What do you think we should do, Your Excellency Narida?" Marquise Bohamming raised her head with a cold face and asked. She did not expect that today's meeting would start with such a situation. It was indeed beyond her expectation.

The reticence of other representatives around her also made her feel uncomfortable. Although Reda's previous behavior could not be said to be noble. But now we are on the same boat after all, so we still need to be polite.