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Chapter 378 [Muse's meritorious service] (seeking a monthly ticket~)

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(Today’s update, two chapters in one, nine thousand words~~)

Chapter three hundred and seventy-eight [Muse meritorious service]

Of course, it is impossible for Du Wei to be ignorant of the general history of General Alpay, the commander of the 4th Infantry Division of the Royal Guards.

How could it be possible that Du Wei didn't know who was the commander-in-chief of the friendly army in such a great battle related to the fate of the empire? It's just that Du Wei didn't expect that Alpay would dare to make such an outrageous move.

According to the information in Du Wei's hands, this General Alpay is still quite young. As a senior imperial officer with the rank of general, he comes from an ancient family with a long history in the southern part of the empire. This family and the royal family also have some Inextricably linked...but it's not unusual.

And he can be regarded as an upstart in the imperial army. Because of the coup d'état in the imperial capital more than two years ago, after the coup d'état, the royal guards were reorganized on a large scale. The original second division that guarded the imperial capital was abolished because of their collective participation in the coup d'état (of course, more than 4,000 officers and soldiers , and later fell directly into Du Wei's pocket).

After a large-scale reorganization, the current Fourth Division is composed of 5,000 veterans of the Royal Guards, plus a few thousand more elite reserves drawn from various places, plus 10,000 people drawn from the Southern Army. Compiled.  It is worth mentioning that, according to the news Du Wei received, the 4th Infantry Division of the Imperial City Guards, and the 500 Royal Forest Army that Prince Chen specially transferred to Alpay were mixed in it.

It is at least an obvious sign that the King Regent can bestow five hundred imperial guards: the background of this Alpayi is not simple.

Thirty-one-year-old General Alpay. It can be regarded as a standard young officer. It can be considered as a wealthy family, but his family has never had a deep foundation in the military.  Du Wei only roughly learned that this General Alpay, more than two years ago, was just a deputy commander of a local garrison in a certain province in the south, and it took just over two years.  Taking advantage of the opportunity of the coup, Prince Chen needs to rectify the army on a large scale. In order to strengthen the control over the army, a group of young soldiers had to be selected and promoted. According to the military's resume, when this General Alpay was the commander of the local garrison in the south, he managed the local security very well. At the same time, he stabilized the local order and also made some military achievements in suppressing bandits.

Suppress bandits...

Du Wei laughed when he heard this word.  This excuse.  Outsiders are okay, but Du Wei himself was born into a family of martial arts, and his father was once the number two leader in the military. How could Du Wei not know about the doorway here?

Generally speaking, any officer with a family background is just going to be gilded in the local army. And as long as you spend two or three years in the local area, accumulate some military experience and qualifications, and then operate under the family relationship.  With a flick of a pen, you can add the vague concept of meritorious service in suppressing bandits to your resume.

What is bandit suppression? It's ridiculous. The south is the richest region in the empire, where are there so many bandits?

If it is the Storm Legion in the north, they are also responsible for patrolling the frozen forest every year, hunting monsters, and often have small-scale battles with the mercenary group that enters the frozen forest for poaching and some family private armed hunting teams. . These can barely be counted as military exploits.

But the suppression of bandits in the south can make people laugh out loud. Thousands of miles of fertile land, rich and peaceful south, there is no room for large-scale bandits to survive. The so-called bandit suppression is mostly exaggerated. Sometimes, the arrest of one or two gangs of thieves can be written in the report as an exaggerated military achievement in suppressing a bandit rebellion.

Of course, this Alpay can be promoted from a commander to a general in just over two years, except for his family background and the military exploits of these so-called bandit suppressors.  More that he had the best timing!

After the coup in the imperial capital. The Empire's First Main Battle Corps Royal City Guards experienced large-scale reorganization and cleansing, and Prince Chen wanted to strengthen his control over the army. Naturally, they would not use those proud old men in the army, but specially selected a group of young men, because young people, whose roots are not deep, are easier to control.  And this Alpay is one of the beneficiaries.

It took him just over two years to be promoted from a commander to a general.  And it's still in the Imperial City Guards, the main battle legion of the empire! .

However, Du Wei himself is also the type whose promotion speed is terribly fast. If we talk about the young faction, then Du Wei himself can be regarded as the largest young faction in the empire. Now I meet the same typical young and strong faction. Originally, if this guy was smarter, he should be respectful to himself as much as possible. Among the commanders of an army, Du Wei's status is the highest. Because of emotion and reason, this Alpay should also show a little respect to Du Wei.

However, it just happened to Du Wei's surprise!

In front of Governor Andre and Bohan, Du Wei sent someone out to the barracks of the royal guards outside the city to invite General Alpay to come into the city. As a result, the person sent there came back very quickly—one came back alone, and brought the reply from General Alpay.

Although I have admired His Excellency the Duke for a long time, but during the war, the military affairs are busy, so I cannot be invited, what a pity!

When this answer came back, both Andre and Bohan were stunned—this Alpay, what a brave man!

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

Hmph, this answer is clearly a faint expression: You are not my boss, you have no right to order me to meet you, you can only invite me, but I have no time to accept your invitation!

Speaking of this, this Alpay is really arrogant enough.

Du Wei is not a reckless person, based on his current status and status in the empire. This guy dares to put on airs to himself, so he must have something to rely on.

What a big shelf!! It was Andre who got angry. Today, because of the royal city guards' action of grabbing merit, his subordinates suffered additional losses. Naturally, he felt a burst of anger in his heart. Moreover, he respected Du Wei very much in his heart. He didn't even give him the ground, and he couldn't help saying angrily: Hmph! It's just a small division commander.  How arrogant? Lord Duke, you wait. Bind it!

He had a fiery temper and strode out immediately, but Du Wei smiled and took two quick steps to stop Andre and comfort the two armies. Grasp him, and then said: Forget it, after all, he is not under my restraint, and it is reasonable for him not to be ordered by me. 

Governor Bohan next to him sighed, his eyes were a bit complicated, he bowed to Du Wei, and said slowly: My lord. If this is the case, then this breath can only be swallowed.   Alas...

Du Wei understood what Bohan was worried about. After the Northwest Army was resolved, he, the Governor of Nulin Province, had no value in continuing to exist. Besides, he is not a member of Prince Chen's direct lineage. Without the Northwest Army, he, Bohan, will inevitably lose his power in the future. Even if Prince Chen is a relatively famous monarch, his official position will not be cut directly. However, it is expected that he will be transferred from the position of the governor and given him a vacant position that has been promoted secretly.

This time the imperial guards were on the battlefield, seeing that Bohan's army was damaged and stood still, Bohan was worried that it might be the intention of the imperial capital to weaken his own power.

It's ridiculous... I have no intention of rebelling, so what's the point of weakening my troops like this? Lu Gao's 200,000 people's rebellion has been suppressed, how many troops do I have in Bohan?

But! Andre couldn't help but glanced at Du Wei: Did you swallow this breath? You can bear it, but I, the Storm Legion, can't bear it! The dead and wounded soldiers are the same.   Why are they all close to Wangcheng by him? The guards took it? Beheaded more than 10,000? I’ll go to Alpay, where he fucked!! I’ve seen the matter of robbing military merits.  It’s so shameless, it’s the first time I’ve seen it!”

Du Wei smiled sinisterly. But he said casually: General Andre, what you said is wrong... General Alpay just sent me the document for asking for credit... Whether it will be approved or not is not yet finalized! Besides, you forgot Is it wrong? I, Du Wei, am not the commander in chief of this war. I am not qualified to decide on the military text of the request for merit.   It has to be sent to the Imperial Command before the conclusion can be made! He Alpay can write the request for merit, can it be Can’t you write? Can he write 10,000? Can’t you write 20,000??”

What Du Wei said made Andre stunned for a moment. To be honest, General Andre is a strict soldier and believes in chivalry. He has never seen this kind of false credit in the army. Never did.  Moreover, let alone such a blatant false report? .

This... I'm afraid it's not good, Lord Duke. The total number of deaths in the Northwest Army is less than 20,000... If I report it like this.  

Du Wei snorted: He's doing the first grade of junior high school, and you're doing the fifteenth grade. What are you afraid of? You can't write? Also, you write about beheading 20,000 people... Well, how many people did we capture in World War I today? Thirty thousand? In this way, 30,000 captives will be shared between your Stormtroopers and Governor Bohan.   If you have seven and three, just write 20,000 prisoners of the Stormtroopers and 10,000 prisoners of Bohan Governor!

point?

Andre was stunned, he had never heard of military merits being allocated in this way.

But Du Wei had already turned around, picked up a pen, and wrote a merit form in a few strokes. Asking Andre to sign, Andre hesitated for a moment, remembering the behavior of the royal guards on the battlefield today, and Du Wei deliberately said at the side: General Andre doesn't want to pay more for the soldiers who died or were injured. Some pension?

As soon as these words came out, Andre immediately made up his mind.  Write down your name on this application form. Bohan, on the other hand, glanced at Du Wei, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it, and wrote down his name.

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

Let people quickly send this thing to the imperial capital! Huh, at that time, everyone will go to the headquarters to file a lawsuit at most! The signatures of the three of us are more important than Alpay alone! Although this is a bit excessive It’s just that he provoked first, so we can’t blame us. ”

Andre was a straightforward person, so he said goodbye and left.  But Bohan stayed. It seems that he has something to say to Du Wei.

Your Excellency.  After sending Andre away, Bohan walked over slowly, closed the door, turned around, glanced at Du Wei, and said with a slightly worried look: I'm afraid it might be a bit of a hassle for you to do this. Not right. 

Du Wei smiled lightly: What's wrong?

That Alpay.   Since he dared to do such a thing, he must have something to rely on.   He can serve as the division commander and general of the Royal Guards of the Imperial City.   He is definitely not a fool. He dared to do so much, there must be something reason, and...

Du Wei also sighed: Governor Bohan, you and I have been in the Northwest for more than two years, and we have some kind of friendship, and there is no one else here. You just say it straight. 

Bohan smiled wryly: He Alpay refused to save him today. Although I am annoyed, it is not surprising that he dared to do this on the battlefield, probably because of the intention of the imperial capital. From this point of view, I am afraid that I will be asked to step down from office. The order will come down within a month at most. ”

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

It's Alpay... Grand Duke, think about it, he dared to do this, only if someone backed him up.  With your current status, even the regent will give you some face.  The Kingdom of the Empire The dignitaries of Zhongdi, who would be so arrogant in front of you? Besides, in the army, I have never heard of such things as stealing credit, but they are so blatant, so blatant and undisguised. It’s rare. I’m afraid...someone instructed him to do this—if you dare to play this kind of trick under your nose, I’m afraid the people behind him are not light...

Du Wei laughed: Governor Bohan.   I said it.   Just say it straight, don't go around in circles like this.   I know what you mean.   Are you worried that Wang Cheng's guards dare to do this, is it the regent's intention?

Isn't it? Bohan smiled lightly, looking into Du Wei's eyes: Du Wei, you and I have a friendship, and I'm about to leave the Northwest anyway. Before I leave, I have a few words of advice for you.  Since ancient times , You have to remember the truth of self-doubt.   In the past, you had 100,000 soldiers in the Northwest, with military and political power in your hands, and made so many great achievements. However, because of the threat of the Northwest Army, the Empire relied on you to contain the Northwest. Army, it is natural to tolerate you.   But now the Northwest Army is gone—although such a thing as hiding all the birds may not necessarily fall on you, but the central government has never allowed the local government to have too much strength.   Otherwise, They are not worried about the appearance of a second Northwest Army, Lu Gao? You now have 100,000 troops, and the Northwest has a huge popularity.   I'm afraid...

After a pause, he said slowly: Originally, this battle was based on reason and reason. You have the strongest military force and the highest status. It stands to reason that you should be appointed as a commander in chief.   But such a smart person as the regent But I deliberately omitted this point, and just gave you the name of coordinating the overall situation, and did not mention the specific position of commander.   Could it be unintentional? The Royal Guards have always been the most trusted and relied on army by the central government.   This It’s hard to guarantee that it’s not the central government’s intention that the Imperial Guards of the Second King’s City take credit so much. To connive at their most trusted guards to compete for credits, and finally reward them, will naturally divide the credits of us people.   I’m afraid it also means to suppress you. .

After saying this, Bohan didn't stay any longer, he nodded to Du Wei: That's the end of my words, and the rest, you naturally have a sense of proportion in your heart, so I won't say more. 

Afterwards, Bohan said goodbye and left, leaving Du Wei alone in the room.

After a long while, Du Wei sighed, looked at the ceiling, and said to himself: Bohan, Bohan, the two points you said are good, but there is a third point... the regent, he did this, and he put it on the table. Ming just wants to cultivate this Alpay well! What does Prince Chen want to do? By suppressing the Northwest Army, he will make a great contribution to this Alpay, and then praise him? Is it for the future? Prepare for the big war two years later?

After a while, Philip came to Du Wei, saw Du Wei thinking alone, and asked a few words. Du Wei didn't hide anything about his most capable staff member, so he told the matter. After listening to Philip, he smiled slightly: Your Excellency, this matter is very clear.   I'm afraid that the regent deliberately cultivated Alpay to become an upstart.  

Du Wei nodded: Do you want to praise me?

That's natural. Philip thought for a moment: My lord, in just three years.   You have become the Duke of the Empire, mastering a party's military and political power, and rich as an enemy.   These, of course, have your own hard work and wisdom. Inside, when it comes to the root cause, it depends on the support and trust of the regent.   And now, the Northwest Army has fallen.   And you... To be honest, Lord Duke.   Your strength is already very strong.   Throughout the history of the empire , at any time, if there is a person with such strength as you, even those marshals who hold great power in the history of the empire, I am afraid that they will immediately reduce their military power and then stand tall.   In this way, the monarch can rest assured Ah! But now.  The regent still relies on you to serve him, and he cannot weaken your strength, so he can only promote another person to restrain you! You will affect the status of the royal family.   Promoting an upstart is a means of balance.   It’s nothing new.   I think this Alpayi’s origin is not simple.   Hmph... Sir, don’t forget, the formation has just been completed The head of the new main battle legion 'Thunder's Whip' has not been appointed yet! Now it seems that this Alpay is probably most likely.   With the military exploits of pacifying the Northwest Army and the deliberate cultivation of the regent. When the time comes to appoint him as the commander of the Thunder God's Whip, who can object?

After a pause, Philip looked at Du Wei's calm expression, frowned and said, My lord, it seems that you understand these principles...but why did you deliberately let General Andre and Governor Bohan write the official document asking for credit? ...

I did it on purpose. Du Wei smiled: Who in the imperial capital doesn't know my temperament? If Alpay is so arrogant in front of me, if I don't react at all, I'm afraid it will make some people with ulterior motives more I’m worried.   It’s reasonable to make such a fuss on purpose.   Hmm... But, for this document, I’m afraid that we won’t be able to compete with that Alpay.  ”

That's for sure. If the regent really intends to cultivate this guy. Then this military merit will definitely fall on him. 

Philip looked into Du Wei's eyes, and said with a low laugh, My lord.   You are right to do this! He said slowly, Since we have guessed that Alpay is the upstart who is about to be picked up by the regent, then You made such a fuss on purpose to show everyone that you have a bad relationship with Alpay! Just imagine, if you and General Alpay, the two upstarts, if the relationship is too harmonious, the regent may not be happy in his heart. It's uneasy!

Du Wei blinked, looked at Philip, and then patted him on the shoulder: Okay, you can help me write another official document, to the military's accusation that the Royal City Guards General Alpayi connived at the soldiers and slaughtered the prisoners of war, which almost caused trouble. Chaos, use harsher words, sign me after you finish writing, and then send it to the imperial capital.  Since it’s an act, you might as well act realistically.  ”

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The Royal Guards stayed outside the city for a day, and immediately set off. Before leaving, they sent people into the city to ask Du Wei for military supplies. half. The guards of Wangcheng also seemed to know that they were wronged, and moved away the army rations without saying a word. As for General Alpay, he never came to see Du Wei from the beginning to the end.  It can be described as extremely rude. .

But Du Wei didn't seem to be angry. Because Philip told him: This Alpay is probably also a smart person. The more he behaves that he has a bad relationship with him, the more the regent will praise him! If he acts too respectful and intimate with himself now, I'm afraid the regent will change his mind immediately and praise others. Praising him is to balance his own strength, if he gets too close to himself, he is stupid!

After the royal guards set off, Du Wei didn't bother to take care of him.

Finally on this day, Du Wei received a message that he had been waiting for for many days!

Rodriguez is back!

This Silver Night Sword Master came back alone, and his complexion was not very good.  After returning, Rodriguez brought Du Wei a piece of bad news...

When Lu Gao's cavalry was annihilated that day, the two paladins were responsible for intercepting and killing Lu Gao on the battlefield. Although Lu Gao is also very strong, he is still far from being as strong as Bai Hechou's perverted state. Under the attack of two paladins, he can only walk away and lose.

And Lu Gao was really decisive. Seeing that his army had been defeated, he didn't turn around and run back to find Guhuaduo Luobu for a round, but made a decisive decision.  Abandoning his defeated army, he fled west alone! ! Anyway, the army has been defeated, and the rout of the cavalry has made his entire battle plan fail, and it is meaningless to go back to join Guhuaduoluo. Lu Gao just fled west. Under the close pursuit of Rodriguez and Hussein, the three went west all the way.  Fighting and running across the entire Desa Province.  In the end, they even crossed Loulan City and ran directly into the Northwest Corridor!

Lu Gao can also be regarded as a generation of powerhouses, and he is also a master of Frost Fighting Qi and Daxue Mountain Witchcraft. Under the pursuit of two paladins, he was able to survive for so many days.

In the end, the three of them left the northwest corridor all the way and entered the desert area outside Mount Kilimaro. If they continued to run forward, they would cross the desert. It is about to enter the Northwest Prairie.  At this time, finally, Rodriguez and Hussein caught up with Lu Gao!

Three holy-rank powerhouses had a great battle on the desert. As a result, in the melee, Hussein stabbed Lu Gao with a sword and cut off Lu Gao's right thumb on the spot. Hussein was hurt. Hussein got a sword in the back, which almost cut off the back of the paladin.

Lu Gao took the opportunity to escape, but Hussein was unable to chase after being seriously injured, and Rodriguez could only bring Hussein back.  Hussein was sent directly to Loulan City to recuperate, and Rodriguez came back alone.

Hussein's ground injury is not a big problem, but I'm afraid it will take a while to cultivate.   As for Lu Gao... this guy is really cunning.   And his Frost Fighting Qi is very powerful.   The two of us worked together to finally stop him The sword he was stabbed by Hussein pierced his right chest, and finally cut off his right thumb with a sword. Even after he recovers from the injury, his strength will be compromised in the short term. Just Unfortunately, he ran away in the end...

Du Wei nodded: Well, I know.  Actually, I should have thought of this guy Lu Gao... Well, he should be called Chishui Duan. He wanted to lead troops westward to enter the grassland, but he also wanted to rely on his 70,000 cavalry. Go to the grassland to make waves. The final goal is probably the Daxue Mountain. Now he ran back to the grassland alone. With his temperament. Will not give up revenge . I’m afraid I will be dormant in the dark for a while in the short term. But the grassland is Bai Heshou’s territory after all, and you and I know Bai Heshou’s ability. With Bai Heshou, Lu Gao may not be able to survive. ”

Although Du Wei felt deeply regretful, after all, he had let Lu Gao go. If this guy secretly seeks revenge on him, commits assassination or something like that, with his ability, he might be in trouble! Although I am quite strong now, and there are many masters around me, but after all, I have relatives, friends and fiancée, if Lu Gao attacks those people, he will be hard to guard against... It is really a headache.

But looking at Rodriguez's pale face, Du Wei also knew that he couldn't blame him, after all, he and Hussein had tried their best. Lu Gao is the former Witch King's disciple, Bai Heshoudi's junior brother, and his strength is probably even higher than that of Rodriguez's teacher, Lan Hai.

After letting Rodriguez go down to rest, Du Wei frowned and thought for a while. After thinking for a long time, he sighed and asked someone to send a secret letter to Saladin on the grassland, telling that guy to pay more attention. Besides, Du Wei had no other choice. .

This is not good news, but Du Wei still cheered up, after all, he still has a lot of things to do now.

The captured cavalry of the Northwest Army have all been handed over to Longbottom to lead people to reorganize. The official document of merit has also been submitted.

But Du Wei was worried about another important thing.

Sebasta!

This guy who has turned into a beast, since he was captured by Du Wei, has been banned by Du Wei with a magic spell and locked up in his own residence in the city.

In the past few days, Du Wei has tried several methods, but none of them can wake up Sebasta's mind. This poor guy has lost all his memories and has completely turned into a beast without wisdom—the only thing left behind is Sebasta. I'm afraid it's just such a fear of myself.

But even so, Sebasta's strength still surprised Du Wei. Especially after killing those court magicians, Sebasta seems to have evolved immediately. Originally, he was only good at frost fighting spirit, but now he has a little bit of light and dark magic fluctuations in him. !

Moreover, Du Wei was also very curious about his weird physical fitness.

In the past few days, Du Wei has taken the time to do some research. He even took a little blood from Sebasta for research--Du Wei has already made a simple microscope based on his previous life knowledge, and studied it. Sebasta's blood. It's a pity that Du Wei's own knowledge in this area was almost blank, and he didn't get any results from his research.

On the contrary, he had a sudden whim one day, and asked people to bring two dogs separately, took out a little of Sebasta's blood, first fed a few drops to one dog and drank it, and the poor dog died within a moment. , just exploded and died, an extremely miserable death. Du Wei took out a simple needle made by himself and injected a few drops of blood into another dog.

As a result, after a while, the dog changed, became crazy and irritable, and its strength became several times stronger, and it even almost broke through the cage it was locked in! An iron rod as thick as a little finger can be bitten off in a few bites! The whole body also became extremely strong, and the guarding soldiers around cut the dog seven or eight swords before hacking the dog to death.

This result surprised Du Wei.  However, he was still at a loss, and quietly read the notes left by the previous Witch King, Gu Lanxiu, looking for some records about the perfect body, but unfortunately he couldn't find any.

He immediately remembered that in the secret passage under the Governor's Mansion in Gilliat City, there seemed to be the corpses of the strange creatures left behind by the previous witch king, Gu Lanxiu, who were used for experiments.

It's a pity that he is busy with things now, so he plans to take Sebasta to go to Gilliat City when the matter here is over, re-enter the secret passage, and dig out the bodies of those strange creatures. Study it again.

On the early morning of the fourth day after the war, after Du Wei signed several documents, he sent someone to send another copy of the final statistics to report to the imperial capital. He was heaving a sigh of relief, but a voice came from outside the door, that the boy of the Liszt family, Miao See you.

Muse?

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

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

These days, Du Wei gave him a leisurely mission, asking him to search around with the cavalry squad he sent out to hunt down the defeated soldiers of the Northwest Army who fled on the battlefield.  This task is not very dangerous.  Moreover, Du Wei sent thousands of people to search the surrounding area for more than two hundred miles, and finally sent this guy far away to avoid causing trouble for himself in front of his eyes.

Muse wore a tulip family cavalry uniform, strode into the room, knelt down on one knee, and gave Du Wei a standard military salute: My lord. 

Sitting behind the table, Du Wei raised his eyelids to look at this kid... Although he looked tired, the look in his eyes was very energetic. It seemed that he enjoyed the training of the past few days.

Have you finished everything I told you? Du Wei said lightly, I ordered a twenty-day search, and it's only been a few days since you ran back? Muse, don't forget, your current identity is a small It is a violation of military law for a small ten-man cavalry commander to leave the battlefield without the order of his superiors. ”

Muse snorted, with an expression of I knew you would say that, raised her head and said loudly: My lord duke! I didn't leave the battlefield privately. This time I came back in a hurry because... I have huge harvest!

Oh? Du Wei dropped the pen in his hand.

I caught a big fish! A real big fish!! Muse said excitedly, Your Excellency, I can't think of it! You can't regret the reward regulations you set!!

Du Wei frowned: What big fish did you catch?

Muse blinked: Northwest Army Nishou No. 2! Guhuaduoluo!!

(The two chapters are published together, I am too lazy to score.

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