Chapter 568: Roland "Attention, put the ropes in place" "Damn, is the logistics department sending this porter?"
"Okay, don't scold, it's going on now, I heard that Mulan City has been besieged for several days, and the strong men have been recruited to the front line."
"Is the situation so bad, why did those steppe barbarians suddenly become so powerful?"
"Shhh This is a wharf in the upstreamest reaches of the Lancang Canal, after which if you continue to the west, the river will become narrower and narrower, more and more turbulent, and enter the mountainous area, and there is no value for water transportation.
The geographical location of this dock is the most marginal area in the northwest region of the Roland Empire, and it is only a few dozen miles away from Cold Spring Pass.
After passing the Cold Spring Pass, even if you have entered the border of Nulin Province.
Now it is quite peaceful, mainly because in Nulin Province, the military defense line formed by the new Duke Panin of the empire has not been broken through by the steppe people, and the steppe people are besieging the military defense center composed of several cities, and Panin is still firmly blocking the steppe people in front of him.
Several ships have already docked, and the wharves here have long been requisitioned by the army, in fact, civilian merchant ships will basically not come here.
Lan Lan hid in a tung oil barrel, and was carried off the boat by the military men who came on board, and heard these chaotic conversations outside along the way, but she just carefully held her breath.
On the shore, the materials have been temporarily piled up in the warehouse, which is said to be a warehouse, but in fact, it is a temporary shed, which can shelter from the wind and rain.
Not far from these supplies, Gu Le was getting off the boat with his men.
The Home Secretary stretched and then quickly left the docks with the men.
They took out the token of the internal guard, and easily requisitioned some horses from the quartermaster on the docks.
The officer in charge of escorting the quartermaster Bokins saw Gu Le and the others leaving, and his hanging heart finally let go.
He hurriedly ran to the warehouse, looked at no one around, and called in a low voice: "Hey, are you still there, they have already left, come out quickly" Boggins shouted several times, but received no response, and he searched carefully to find a tung oil drum lying crookedly on the side Is it already gone?
Boggins wiped his cold sweat and secretly swore in his heart that he would never accept this kind of commission again, and the little money he earned was really unnecessary.
Lan Lan took advantage of the chaos to leave the docks.
It happened that some peasant women brought food to the people on the docks, and Lan Lan blended in with the crowd of peasant women, and then quietly left.
The clothes on her body were deliberately worn very shabby, and they had not been groomed for many days, and they were unkempt, but they were not eye-catching.
Leaving the dock, Lan Lan quickly asked for the way from a group of people's husbands, and then, with a dozen copper coins, she bought some dry food from a people's hands and headed northwest.
Cold Spring Pass has already begun to be transformed.
A battalion of infantry temporarily drawn from elsewhere was stationed here.
The temporary military camp was stationed on the east side of the ruined earthen wall of Lengquan Pass.
In addition, there are more than 3,000 people working here.
Their task was to level the road along the way, ensuring as much as possible a transport and supply route to the northwest.
And Lan Lan heard another amazing news here.
This news is said to have been confirmed as true by people in the military.
And this news circulated in this place closest to the front line, but unexpectedly, it inspired the hearts of some chaotic soldiers and people.
The news is: Tulip family, sent troops The official information is not too accurate, after all, in times of war, a lot of information can be outdated.
But this news seems to be taken very seriously by everyone.
It is said that just the day before yesterday, that is, the day before Lan Lan disembarked, the Tulip family's army had already drawn out its troops.
The original Tulip Private Army, the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments were mixed into an infantry division and marched to the border between Tulip House and Nulin Province.
As for the purpose of sending troops, of course, no one will think that the Tulip family's army is to deal with Panin.
Although in the northwest, many people vaguely understand that the Tulip family seems to have some contradictions with the emperor in the imperial capital, but as everyone thinks, their own family is their own family after all, and since the Tulip family has sent troops, it must be to crusade against those grassland barbarians.
Although a temporary mixed infantry division, and only two regiments are not even 10,000 troops, compared to the more than 100,000 iron cavalry of the steppe people, this seems a little pitiful.
But anyway, the Tulip family has finally sent troops, and that's the best news When Gu Le arrived in Mulan City, the outer area of Mulan City had turned into patches of scorched earth.
Everywhere the steppe people went, villages and towns were in ruins.
Panin also executed a strategy similar to that of the Tulip Family, but it seems that it was too sudden, and because after all, Panin took over the Nulin Province for too short a time, and did not have as much control as the Tulip Family, so it was not implemented enough to evacuate.
Everywhere Gu Le went, in those villages and towns and in the wilderness along the way, he occasionally saw some corpses and dry bones, and judging from the costumes, they were all Rolanders.
These discoveries silenced the soldiers accompanying him.
About thirty miles outside Mulan City, Gu Le led people up a hillside, and he could see the dense tents in the distance.
"Damn steppe barbarians, those tents are like a lump of dung pulled down in the wilderness" Gu Le heard someone in the attaché muttering like this, and he sighed softly.
"My lord, how can we enter Mulan City to see this, the grassland people have already surrounded Mulan City, and we have a few people, I am afraid it will be a little difficult to break through the camp of the grassland people."
This is already a bit euphemistic.
With the dozens of horsemen here, it can be said that there is no possibility to break through the camp of the grassland people, and the best thing for the grassland people is to ride and shoot, and if they want to rely on dozens of horses to charge the formation of the holy rank masters, they may be able to do it, but Gu Le has no such ability, as for these people under him, it is definitely a dead end.
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Knowing that he was going to die, I was afraid that few people would be willing to do it.
Gu Le glanced at the subordinates who spoke, and suddenly smiled: "Who said that we were going to enter Mulan City" "Uh-sama" After hearing Gu Le's words, the internal security officers and soldiers around him were stunned. received an order from the imperial capital to go to the northwest, although Gu Le did not tell his subordinates about the mission of coming to the northwest this time, and because of strict discipline, no one would ask about the rules of the internal guards, as long as the order was carried out.
But there is still a general consensus among everyone, this time I came to the northwest, I should go to Mulan City to meet the largest military commander in the northwest, General Paning, as for what mission to perform, what the commander said at that time, everyone should be fine.
But now, when he came to the outside of Mulan City, Lord Gule suddenly said that it didn't matter about Mulan City What do you do in the northwest if you don't enter Mulan City?
Don't joke about going to Tulip's house, Tulip's house has broken with the emperor, which ordinary people don't know, but the internal guard is clear.
The situation of the battle in the northwest this time is that the tulip family lures the wolf into the house.
What to do at this time to Tulip's house So where to go to the Northwest Fortress Well, that Darling Chen was made Baron Rova City, but what can that guy see, what role can the army of a thousand people in his hands play in this kind of big war In addition, these internal guards have no role in coming to the northwest Gu Le looked at the puzzled eyes of his subordinates, and said lightly: "Gather everyone, I have something to say." ” The crowd soon concentrated on the hillside, and even those who were guarding not far away were called over.
Gu Le glanced at his subordinates with very calm eyes.
It can be said that these are his most elite and confidant teams in the internal guard.
It is the most capable group of elites he has cultivated in more than a year since he took over the Home Secretary.
Many people even had a team of henchmen that Gu Le had been secretly cultivating during the years when Shiloh was dormant.
He can call out everyone's name, everyone's, resume, everyone's strengths, weaknesses, and even everyone's hobbies "Now, everyone, listen, I have something to announce."
"Our mission to the northwest this time is to go to the Prairie King's army, and as the special envoy of the Emperor of the Roland Empire, we ask to see the Prairie King."
"I have with me a letter from His Majesty the Emperor and a willingness to armistice, which contains some concessions and compromise strategies made by His Majesty the Emperor to the steppe people."
Everyone was amazed The dignified Roland Empire is actually going to bow to the steppe barbarians "Adult" Gu Le's adjutant was the first to call out.
Gu Le waved his hand at him and said coldly: "Listen to me first" Everyone was immediately silenced.
"You are all internal guards, and it stands to reason that you are the ones who know the most about all kinds of news and situations.
Those things that ordinary people don't understand, don't you know that now the Tulip family is almost equivalent to rebellion, and with the invasion of the steppe people, it is impossible for the empire to deal with two strong enemies at the same time.
General Panin is now very hard to support in the northwest, and now the Tulip family has sent troops, and we have learned the news on the road, but we have not received the news that the Tulip family is fighting with the steppe army, what does this mean, I think everyone should be able to guess. ” No one spoke "I don't agree with the peace."
Gu Le finally sighed, a trace of sickly flush appeared on his pale face, and he coughed lightly: "As a courtier of the Roland Empire, my life no longer belongs to me.
Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor, the secret order given to me is to find a way to reach an armistice agreement with the steppe people, and give me full powers.
Even if necessary, I have the right to sign a contract with the steppe people as His Majesty's plenipotentiary.
Our task is to sue for peace and sign an armistice agreement successfully, and then we can return to the imperial capital to report on our work But " At the end, Gu Le suddenly raised his voice.
His eyes were gloomy, and he said word by word: "We have also prepared a backup plan, and this plan is also approved by His Majesty."
The backup plan is that if the request for a peace truce is rejected by the Prairie King, then, in order to save the situation, we will carry out an extremely dangerous, if not certain death, mission. ” Gu Le let out a long breath, his gloomy eyes, and swept over all the internal guard officers and soldiers: "At the negotiation table, the assassination of the grassland king grassland people is a tribal system, once the grassland king is killed, they will definitely fall into civil strife Then in the northwest, the pressure on General Paning will be greatly reduced, and the grassland tribe without the grassland king is a plate of scattered sand, but the danger of carrying out this task, I don't think you need to explain much, you all know very well."
In the royal tent of the grassland people, not to mention that there must be master guards around the grassland king, it is very difficult to succeed.
Even if we succeed in killing the king of the steppe in the battalion of more than 100,000 steppe troops, we will definitely not be able to escape alive In other words, if we implement this backup plan, whether we succeed or fail, we will die."
When Gu Le said this, he paused deliberately, and his eyes swept over his subordinates one by one.
What made him feel relieved was that although some people's eyes wavered for a moment, they soon became firm again Neiwei is the emperor's most confidant team, the most loyal lineage, and the painstaking efforts of Gu Le for many years.
"The above is the mission we came to the northwest this time, or rather, the official authorized mission I got is like this.
And then, I have a few more words to say to you, and this is just my personal decision. ” As Gu Le's tone changed, everyone's eyes became puzzled again.
"I am a courtier loyal to His Majesty, and as an internal guard, I should also be His Majesty's most loyal minions, an eagle dog" Gu Le finished saying this, but suddenly bit his lip hard, and he even bit his lip out of blood: "But I'm more of a Rolander" Everyone was shocked The meaning of this sentence seems to carry some deeper meaning "Each and every one of us followed His Majesty Shiloh when he was dormant, we have endured it for a long time, dormant in the dark, serving His Majesty, even in the harshest of circumstances, we have survived Because, I, we, each of us firmly believe that His Majesty Shiloh is the best person to rule this empire, and we believe that under his rule, this empire will go to glory, and the Roland people will become the overlord of this world, and the great Roland Empire will " Speaking of this, Gu Le suddenly had tears in his eyes.
"For the sake of this belief, I did not hesitate to stab to death the only bone and blood of His Majesty Marhi with my own sword, I am a sinner, I know this very well in my heart.
But it has always been with this belief that I have supported and done all this, and when His Majesty and I became friends at the end of the day, I can only use my life to serve him.
I can only choose to believe that he will be the best and best great monarch who will rule this empire.
However, many days ago, when I came out of the palace one night with in my arms this Credential signed by His Majesty and the warrant authorizing me to be the messenger of the armistice for peace, I went out of the palace and returned home with a wailing and weeping."
Gu Le suddenly took out a piece of stuff wrapped in layers of oilcloth from his arms, and it was obvious that this was the letter of state for peace and truce.
"I am Roland, Roland, and each of us knows very well that the meaning of this name represents glory, honor, pride, and dignity, and the Roland people have never bowed their heads in the face of brutal orcs, elves, dwarves, and millions of foreign invasion armies one hundred and forty years ago The first Duke of Tulip never sued for peace, His Royal Highness Prince Regent never sued for peace, Empress Karina never sued for peace, and even His Majesty Charles, who was known as the Emperor of the Faint, never sued for peace And now, when we are faced with the savage barbarians who are full of shame, we want to run to their filthy tents and bow our proud heads to those barbarians On behalf of all Roland, bow our heads I, Gu Le, can't do it."
Speaking of this, Gu Le suddenly exerted his hands, and after a silver fighting light, the national letter in his hand had already been torn to pieces by him Everyone was stunned, and some people looked at their commander in amazement.
"I don't want to comment on this decision of His Majesty Shiloh.
Perhaps at this time, His Majesty was forced to make such a compromise, or perhaps this compromise decision was wise and the best choice in such a harsh environment.
I also understand that temporary patience and grievances can be recovered in the future after I have strengthened myself I understand all these truths I don't blame His Majesty Shiloh for making such a decision.
But I still can't do it I still can't do it, take the national credentials, on behalf of all the Roland people, on behalf of all the noble Roland people, bow to those steppe barbarians and sue for peace My honor, the honor of being a Rolander, does not allow me to do so So, I personally decided that I would not carry out the first mission of His Majesty Shiloh, but Directly implement Article 2 Assassination, King of the Prairie Everyone stared at Gu Le with surprised eyes.
Gu Le's voice was still so cold: "The negotiation of a peace truce will be used as a cover, that is, whether the king of the steppe agrees to the truce or not, I will carry out the assassination plan, which is my decision as a Rolander."
Speaking of this, Gu Le was silent for a while, his eyes swept over the audience: "Now, I give all of you a choice, those who are willing to follow me to carry out this mortal mission, if you take a step forward, if you have any objections to my decision, just stand in place, I will never blame him for choosing to be in place, you can wait for my news here, and then, when we go to the grassland people and do what we need to do, then please ask the people who stay, responsible for sending the news back to the imperial capital, and tell His Majesty the Emperor Now, I will give you time to make a decision" Silence, long silence However, just two minutes later, it may not be uniform, maybe someone comes first and someone comes last However, the elite of this group of internal guards all chose to take a step forward.
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No one stood still "My lord, we, too, are Roland people, we also have the dignity and pride of Roland people" The adjutant glared at Gu Le with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said fiercely. r1152 “”: