If you say that the ban will be lifted, the ban will definitely be lifted, and you will not break your word.
I hope everyone will vote for support. ` CHAPTER XXXIV Seeing that Rochenthal's army in the distance was scattered in a hurry, the defeated soldiers in the wilderness were like ants towards Rochenthal's main army, Rochenthal was worthy of being a cunning wolf on the grassland, seeing the opportunity extremely quickly, as soon as he saw the defeat of his cavalry, he immediately ordered a retreat, without giving Rodi and Ruben any chance to pursue and expand the results of the battle In fact, Rodi and Ruben did not want to pursue at all.
Reuben has less than 40,000 troops in his hands, and the 10,000 wolftooth army under Luo Di has been running for three days, and they are already exhausted from another big battle, and they have no ability to pursue at all.
Ruben hurried down from the city wall with the support of his own soldiers, and saw Roddy leading the Wolf Tooth Army through the city gate.
Seeing the flame-like tulip battle flag, Reuben only felt his body shake, and his eyes were blurred.
How long it had been since he had seen that battle flag for five or ten years Ruben couldn't remember it clearly, but when he saw the Central Cavalry Corps slowly entering the city from the city gate, although the faces of each soldier were full of exhaustion, the excitement and perseverance in their eyes could not be concealed The main general on the horse at the head, a slightly old leather armor stained with blood, a head of golden hair flying, a pair of sword eyebrows raised high, those dark blue eyes in the murderous aura has not yet disappeared, just like the young old duke decades ago, especially behind him, looking at the old comrade-in-arms who is holding a saber and is full of spirit, Commander Zigge, Lu Ben's heart can't help but tremble, almost thinking that time and space have gone backwards A few steps later, Ruben almost shook off his own soldiers, rolled down the steps of the city wall, threw himself on his knees in front of Roddy's horse, and cried loudly.
Roddy was startled, seeing a middle-aged man wearing the armor of a senior general kneeling in front of him, Roddy immediately jumped off the horse.
"Reuben has seen Lord Duke" Reuben's voice trembled a little, he hadn't said this sentence for many years Luo Di panicked, quickly pulled Ruben up from the ground, and hurriedly said: "Is it the commander of the Ruben Army, your rank is bigger than mine, how can you kneel down to me" Ruben had tears in his eyes, and he looked Roddy up and down carefully, and then pulled his thoughts out of his memory, after all, the old duchess had been dead for many years However, Zig next to him saw Ruben's gaffe, stepped forward and gently pulled him twice, and then Ruben shook his head and loudly ordered his officers to lead the Central Cavalry Corps to the barracks, and he pulled Roddy to the garrison mansion.
At this moment, the city was already full of joy, and both civilians and soldiers were extremely excited to know that the battle had been won.
Seeing the cavalry reinforcements of the empire outside the city entering the city, both civilians and soldiers flocked to the streets to watch, and from time to time enthusiastic civilians stuffed fruits and vegetables into the hands of the cavalry, and many children ran after the cavalry queue.
You must know that the reputation of the Royanthal Killer Demon King has long spread throughout the northwest, and wherever the iron hooves of the Great Moon Kingdom go, they burn and loot.
A few days ago, when the city was besieged, the civilians in the city were panicked, for fear that one day the city would be broken and the family would be ruined, and the tragic end of the family and the death of the people would be destroyed Along the way, Luo Di looked at the thunderous and joyful civilians around him, and remembered what happened in that village the day before, and his heart sighed with emotion.
Andy's mocking voice suddenly came from his head: "What's so strange.
The empire and the Rochenthal, one is a creditor and the other is a robber.
Although the creditor comes to the door every month to take half of your things, but when you encounter a robber, you will snatch it all indiscriminately, and the creditor is of course a little cuter in comparison. ” It's just that Roddy is young after all, and he is still immersed in the joy of winning the first battle at the moment, and he doesn't care too much about Andy's words.
The headquarters of the Northwest Army was set up in the original garrison residence of Watt Fortress.
As soon as he entered the headquarters, he saw two men in military uniforms striding out of it.
With a sycophantic smile on his face, he is the first fat guy, who looks more like a rich man than a soldier rather than a soldier.
The man next to him was three points thinner than him, but he was a little taller, with a smile on his face, but he looked more like a cunning businessman.
These two people are wearing the uniforms of the commanders of the Northwest Army, which makes people feel a little nondescript.
The guy who looked like a rich man immediately gave a subordinate courtesy to his superior: "The subordinate is the garrison of Watt Fortress, and he has seen the Duke."
The man who looked like a merchant said, "My subordinate is Ferrara, the commander of the garrison of Fort Trier, who has seen the Duke." ” Reuben's originally happy face immediately sank for three points, these two people, hiding in the garrison mansion, were very well informed, and the Duke had just arrived for a while, and they actually knew about it.
Roddy frowned at the two men and just nodded.
It stands to reason that although he has the title of duke, his military rank is only a commander, which is not higher than these two people.
It's just that along the way, Zig, who is also the commander, treats him with inferior courtesy, and Roddy has long been used to it, so he doesn't think there is anything wrong with the two of them giving such a salute at this moment.
It's just that when he heard the names of these two people, Luo Di couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, as if he remembered something, but he didn't think of it for a while.
Ruben was already impatient, pulled Roddy and walked into the hall, and then directly pushed Roddy out of the position of coach and sat him down.
Luo Di was shocked, jumped up from his chair and said loudly: "General Ruben, this is not good, I am just a commander, how can I sit in this position" Lu Ben said with a straight face: "Lord Duke, you are Duke Tulip Tulip where the Tulip Battle Banner goes, how can the position of commander be left behind" Lu Ben's face was gloomy, and he smiled bitterly: "At this moment, I'm afraid that my army commander is almost at the end of my seat, I am in the northwest and I am miserable, Your Majesty is afraid" Speaking of this, Lu Ben smiled, but the laughter was even bleak.
Luo Di wanted to say something, but saw Zig wink at him, then nodded, and said loudly: "General Reuben, this matter is just that His Majesty wants me to come, one is to bring reinforcements, and the other is to appoint me as a special envoy for the Northwest Military Affairs Observation, now that the siege of the city has been lifted, please immediately introduce the current situation of the Northwest Army."
Ruben nodded, since Roddy had lifted the emperor out, he didn't insist on anything anymore.
Anyway, since the Duke has been appointed as an envoy to the northwest, it is only natural to control all the rights of the northwest.
At that moment, Ruben immediately ordered all the officers above the deputy commander level to be summoned.
First of all, he briefly introduced the five commanders of the main force of the Northwest Army, two of whom had already been killed, and the deputy commander took over.
The local defenders, the commander of Blackstone Castle, were intercepted by the Rochenthal cavalry on the way to the rescue, and died heroically, and the defenders were also defeated, and the defenders had already withdrawn the weaving and had to wait for the battle to be reorganized.
At this moment, Ruben introduced the commanders of his subordinates to Roddy one by one, most of them were some middle-distance soldiers, and Roddy looked at it, but there was no character who was as eye-catching as Ziggy at a glance.
Suddenly, he saw a thirty-year-old officer standing in the middle of the crowd, with a thin face, resolute lines, and sharp eyes.
Roddy couldn't help but look at Reuben.
Ruben grinned: "This is the acting commander of the Right Cavalry Regiment of the Northwest Army, Gislent, originally he was the captain of my subordinates, but the two commanders of the Right Cavalry Regiment were killed, so I asked him to temporarily replace him who led the men and horses out of the city to meet the adults just now."
It's just that the left and right cavalry regiments of the Northwest Army have suffered heavy casualties at the moment, and there are only 10,000 left in the original 30,000 people at the moment. ” Roddy nodded, and looked at the man again.
Gislent saw the Duke sweep his gaze towards him, although his face did not change his expression, but his eyes showed excitement, and his body also doubled straight, and his eyes looked at the tulip family crest on Roddy's chest.
It's just that under the excitement, the body that stopped straight couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Ruben smiled faintly: "Gislent has followed me for many years, he is the most loyal warrior under the Tulip Battle Banner" Luo Di nodded, and smiled bitterly in his heart: Another hot-blooded young man who blindly worships the tulip family like himself back then.
When it came time to introduce the two rich men and the fat merchants, Reuben's tone was not so pleasant, and he only briefly introduced their military ranks.
The only thing that surprised Roddy a little was that the commander of Fort Trier, that is, the fat merchant Jaferara, was actually a nobleman with the title of viscount Luo Di nodded slowly, and when he asked about the current situation of the Northwest Army, Lu Ben showed an embarrassed look on his face, looked at everyone, gritted his teeth, and said slowly: "Lord Duke, there were 91,000 people in the Northwest Army who retreated into the city that day, and there were heavy casualties in the past few days, and at this moment, the Northwest Army is still in the city, there are still more than 70,000 people, but there are 4,000 wounded soldiers among them, and there are less than 50,000 people who maintain combat strength."
"What" Luo Di frowned, and couldn't help asking: "You said that there are about 70,000 people, but minus the 4,000 wounded soldiers, how come there are only 50,000 left, and more than 10,000 people?"
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Reuben's face was extremely embarrassed, and he glanced at the few commanders present, and then sighed, and was about to say something.
The Viscount Ferrara of Fort Trier suddenly spoke: "Lord Duke, the calculation of these heads, it is better to go back and let the secretary of the military aircraft under him submit the registration book for you to see, now that the enemy army in Rochenthal outside the city has just retreated, there are still many things to decide." ” Luo Di is no longer the young man who didn't understand anything at the beginning, and his heart moved, although he still couldn't figure out the problem, he vaguely understood that there must be something in it.
He nodded, then glanced at Ruben and stopped asking the question.
Subsequently, the subordinate officers and logistics personnel at all levels reported the loss of the city defense and the loss of equipment one by one, the loss of horses and weapons, the repair of the city wall, and the post-war aftermath of the bereavement were all piled up.
Roddy was inexperienced and at a loss for a moment.
It can be seen that Ruben is also embarrassed, and he thinks that he usually has a headache about these things.
For him, it is far less pleasant to be in charge of the military and political power of a legion than to be a commander who only needs to kill the enemy and charge.
Fortunately, Ziggy is an experienced cadre in the Central Cavalry Corps over the years, and he has never lost air salaries and ordnance supplies.
Almost all the logistical supply problems of the Wolf Tooth Army were taken care of by him personally.
He is very experienced in these matters.
The messy data made Roddy dizzy, and it was easy to beat the logistics clerk and officer chief with the assistance of Zigger, and arranged all the tasks in an orderly manner.
It's just that Ferrara and Fedor saw that Roddy didn't seem to be very good at handling military finances and materials, and there was a smile of joy and smugness in their eyes.
When everything was taken care of, Ruben took Roddy and Ziegy to the garrison's quarters.
The dwelling was originally the garrison commander Fei Duo, but after Ruben retreated to it, he gave it to Ruben, and now Ruben insisted on giving it up.
Having taken all the people away, Roddy left Ruben himself, and then glanced at Ziggy, who immediately turned around and walked outside, leaving Roddy's own soldiers to guard outside, and then he turned and went in, and closed the door again.
Roddy was still hesitating, not knowing how to ask, Ziggy did look angry, and suddenly said loudly: "Reuben, you have done a good deed, more than 10,000 people, you defile the tulip battle flag" Ruben's face was originally worried, but when he suddenly heard Zigge's question, his face turned red, and he suddenly jumped up, and shouted: "Zig, don't talk nonsense about me, Reuben has never done anything like defiling the tulip battle flag in my life."
Zigger's face was gloomy, and he said fiercely: "Then tell me what is going on with this more than 10,000 vacancies, how do you explain to the dead old duke?"
Reuben's face turned dead, and he hesitated for a moment, but finally told what had happened.
This statement shocked not only Luo Di, but even the veteran experts who are accustomed to such corrupt things as losing air salaries in the army.
"The Northwest Army is known as 200,000 people, the main force is 100,000, and the surrounding local garrisons are 100,000, which sounds so majestic, but do you know that in fact, the Northwest Army does not have so many people at all, and the real strength of the Northwest Army, plus the main force and local defenders under my direct command, the total actual number has never exceeded 130,000" "My main army is not bad, but the actual situation of those local garrisons is terrifying to a Loulan Fort, and the number reported at the beginning was a total of 15,000 people, which is a full infantry regiment.
But later, when Loulanbao was defeated, I realized that the situation was wrong."
"The commander of Loulan Fort is dead, but his family has escaped, hum, do you know that there are one hundred and fifty servants and guards in his family, and these heads are all in the name of the defenders of Loulan Castle, that is to say, the commander of Loulan Fort is using the imperial army to support his servants and miscellaneous servants, and then I tortured a few officers who escaped, only to know that the entire Loulan Fort, the real army, However, less than 8,000 people reported that there were indeed 15,000 integrated infantry regiments, and one of the commanders of Loulan Fort ate up the empty quota of 7,000 people, and the defenders in other places were mostly like this."
"You've never even noticed any of these things," Ziggy said in a grim tone.
Reuben looked embarrassed.
He was originally a military general, and he was asked to lead a troop of 10,000 or 20,000 people, train troops every day, train a strong team, and then charge to fight, that is what he is good at, but if he wants to be the commander of an army, and then be responsible for all the things of the entire legion, it is really not what he can do.
It was often the materials and materials submitted by his subordinates, and he Reuben had a headache when he saw those brochures, and he often approved them with a stroke of a pen.
"And what about your main army, didn't you say that the main army has 100,000 men?"
Ziggy asked again.
"The main force is a little better, after all, these people are in front of me, not so bold, but not long ago I found out that my three infantry regiments and the right cavalry regiment have a vacancy, but they are a little better than the local defenders, adding up to only more than 10,000 people.
The actual strength of our main army is only a little more than 80,000. ” Ziggy let out a long sigh and slumped back in his chair.
Luo Di's face was gloomy, and he said slowly: "You said that the Northwest Army, which claims to be 200,000, is only 130,000, and those 70,000 are empty, but the military salary of 70,000 people is how many in a year, and those officers dare to do this with the crime of killing their heads."
Zig glanced at Luo Xiang and said slowly: "Lord Duke, you are young and don't know much about things in the army.
Ziggy thought for a moment and slowly explained to Roddy.
A soldier's salary for a year is only three gold coins.
Calculated together, the deficit of 70,000 military salaries is only 210,000 gold coins, but the actual number is far more than that.
An infantryman's sword is five silver coins, and the hoplite's armor is a set of three gold coins.
The bows and arrows of the archers also cost money, and the cavalry is even more powerful, and a war horse costs five gold coins, not counting the cost of feeding forage for a year.
The armor of the cavalry was more expensive than that of the infantry, and the price of spears and sabers was also more expensive than the longswords used by the infantry.
Eating a soldier's empty salary is actually swallowing up the annual cost of these equipment.
Calculated that a soldier will cost the empire seven gold coins a year, and a cavalryman will cost nearly fifteen gold coins, as well as the cost of repairs and maintenance equipment, all of which add up to a huge number The vacancy of 70,000 people, calculated in a year, the empire will have to pay nearly one million gold coins, and these nearly one million gold coins have been flowing into the hands of those corrupt officers Luo Di's face turned pale when he heard this, and he couldn't help jumping up suddenly, and slapped his palm on the table with a "snap", slapping a wooden table apart immediately.
"Is this the Northwest Army, known as the three main armies of the Empire, is this the elite army that guards the frontier for the Empire" Anger appeared in Roddy's eyes, and his heart suddenly moved, and he said loudly: "General Reuben, what about that Fort Trier, what about that Ferrara?"
Reuben looked ashamed, and said slowly: "His Fort Trier is almost an empty city, and the 15,000 integrated infantry regiments reported are actually less than 5,000 people."
"Bastard" Roddy scolded: "No wonder I passed through a village around Fort Trier on my way here, and I heard that there was an Imperial army forcibly pulling the strong Ding There must be a war about the beginning of the war, and Ferrara knew that he couldn't hide it, so he forcibly pulled the farmer to make up the number."
"Reuben, since you know this now, why don't you punish these people" Ziggy pressed the hilt of the sword in his hand and said indignantly: "Are you also implicated in these things?"
Ruben became excited and said loudly: "Punish me, how to punish Rochenthal is eyeing the outside of the city, how can I punish the current commander of the city at this time, plus Ferrara and the garrison Fei Duo, there are seven people in total, of which there are four involved in it, what can I do to arrest and cut them all Now the army's heart is already unstable, at this time, I suddenly cut half of the senior officers under my command, how can I defend the city and how to fight" "What about Lao Qi" Zig suddenly whispered: "I heard that Lao Qi was the commander of Blackstone Fort, and when he led the army to support your main force, he was intercepted by Rochenthal on the way."
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Reuben showed a solemn expression on his face: "Lao Qi used to be an adult's personal soldier back then, naturally he wouldn't do this kind of thing, I checked, the defenders of Black Stone Fort were 15,000 people, and one of them was not worse than Lao Qi died in battle, and the people who escaped from his subordinates told me that when Lao Qi was in Black Stone Fort, he had no money left at home, only a house and two horses."
Ziggy sat down in his chair with a sad look on his face, but the anger in his eyes could no longer be hidden.
Luo Di only felt depressed in his heart, he really didn't expect that the situation of the Northwest Army was so serious, it was not good to say, the entire Northwest Army had already rotted half of it, so what about the other legions of the empire, the Northwest Army is known as the three main legions of the empire, and it is still the case, so the other legions of the empire Luo Di suddenly thought of seeing the scene in the most famous Central Cavalry Corps in the empire that day, and his heart was sad.
The joy of today's victory in the first battle has long been gone.
I don't know how long it took, Luo Di slowly spoke: "Lord Reuben, the war has just ended, you better go and take care of the affairs of the army first, let Commander Zig accompany you."
I want to be alone for a while. ” Ziggy and Ruben glanced at each other, and then Ziggy strode out of the room, not even looking at Ruben.
Reuben was ashamed in his heart, but just sighed and went out too.
Roddy sat alone in the room, thinking about it, and thinking of his anger, he really wanted to rush out and draw his sword and slaughter Ferrara and Fedordo at once.
At this moment, the pro-soldier outside the door knocked on the door, and then the pro-soldier captain strode in, and after giving a military salute, he said in a low voice: "My lord, the commander of the garrison of the Watt Fortress, Fei Duo, invites you to the dinner." ” "What dinner," Roddy yelled.
The captain of the pro-soldier was startled, since he followed the young duke, he had never had the slightest argument for his subordinates, but at this moment he didn't know where he was so angry.
"It's a dinner party to celebrate today's victory."
The captain of the pro-soldier said in a low voice.
Roddy snorted and sneered twice, and was about to say no, when suddenly a thought flashed through his mind.
Then he let out a sigh and said coldly in a deep voice: "Tell them, I'll go" At this moment, Luo Di's eyes flashed, revealing a strange edge
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