Chapter 238 [Northwestern Lugao]

When the convoy arrived at Helan City in Nulin Province, Governor Bohan's garrison, which had been accompanying the army all the way, had already turned around and left.

This Helan City can also be regarded as a large city in Nulin Province. It is backed by a Helan Mountain. This Helan Mountain can be regarded as a small peak on the edge of the Kilimaro Mountains. However, such a small tail dragged out by the Kilimaro Mountains is impartial.

, it happened to be blocked in the middle of the Nulin Province, and by coincidence, it cut the Nulin Province into two.

Although Governor Bohan and the Northwest Army have always maintained a tacit understanding, they have maintained a tacit understanding. The two sides use Helan City as the boundary. The north of Helan City in Nulin Province is the territory of the Northwest Army, and the south is Governor Bohan's territory.

Helan City was under the control of the Northwest Army. When it was still more than ten miles away from the city, the cavalry escort sent by Governor Bohan had just withdrawn, and the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard in the distance in the direction of Helan City.

A thousand-man cavalry team of the Northwest Army raised a black flag and ran over. This time, they were much more polite. The cavalry stopped in the distance. Not long after, someone came to report Du Wei, and the Northwest Army was sent to greet him.

One of the generals of the Duke wants to see the Duke.

Du Wei got off the carriage and saw that he was an old acquaintance.

General Tatara, who was specifically responsible for the logistics and supplies of the Northwest Army, looked a little more oily on his face. He probably took advantage of this spring drill to get a lot of military pay from Governor Bohan.

This fat man, who had dealt with Du Wei several times, was quite familiar with Du Wei. When he came to Du Wei to ask for military pay several times before, Du Wei didn't give him any look, and according to official customs, he

He also got some benefits. From top to bottom of the Northwest Army, this wretched fat man was probably the person who had the closest relationship with Du Wei. Letting him lead the troops to greet him was considered a suitable candidate.

"Your Majesty, Duke, long time no see." Duodoro dismounted and came to Du Wei, saluted, then walked over enthusiastically, took Du Wei's hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to come to visit me.

I have been waiting in Helan City for a day under the orders of the Legion Commander."

Since he was here to be a guest this time, although Du Wei hated the Northwest Army in his heart, he still had a smile on his face and said with a smile: "I am only worried about the uninvited guests who come too recklessly.

Will General Lu Gao think I'm rude?"

The two of them exchanged a few words that were not nutritious, and Du Wei watched their words. However, he looked at this fat pig-like Ditodoro, who was moving his eyes around, obviously carefully looking at Du Wei's motorcade, and there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes from time to time.

However, Du Wei wasn't afraid of his inspection. Anyway, he didn't hide anything in his motorcade. This time, Du Wei came to visit the pier with complete arrogance. By the way... he caused trouble.

I thought to myself: I don’t have any dangerous goods in my motorcade, but... In two days, a dragon will be airlifted!

Tatara looked around. There were only two or three hundred people in Du Wei's convoy, and there were only three or four carriages, so there was nothing to see. After looking at it for a long time, he became interested in Du Wei's coachman.

"Yi? Duke, I didn't expect that you also like to use these barbarians from Southeast Asia." Tatara smiled and lowered his voice and said: "Our General Lu Gao also likes it. He has recently acquired several beautiful female slaves from Southeast Asia. Your lord, the Duke, is here.

What a coincidence. I am lucky enough to meet you."

Du Wei smiled and said nothing, and Tatora slapped his head, pretending to have made a mistake, and said with a smile: "Damn it, damn it! I'm the one who talks too much! I heard that the Duke has been favored by the Marquise Liszt, who is the most beautiful woman in the mainland.

How can ordinary vulgar fans get into your eyes?"

When he said this, his eyes kept watching Du Wei's reaction. Du Wei smiled. Without explaining anything, he said casually: "General Tatara was joking. But you can still see beauties from Southeast Asia here in the northwest.

It seems that General Lu Gao is also one of my kind!"

With that said, he pulled Duoduo into the carriage.

Tatara didn't have much real military temperament. In the Northwest Army, he was more like a financial steward. Since he had a comfortable carriage to ride on, he would not insist on riding a horse. He followed Du Wei on to him with a smile.

I saw this luxurious and comfortable carriage and immediately praised the furnishings inside.

When Du Wei took out the wine that was placed in the secret compartment under the seat, the guy drank twice as much and couldn't help but sigh happily: "Good wine! In this poor place in the northwest, such wine is rarely available.

.”

Du Wei smiled slightly: "This wine is also brewed from a kind of fruit from Southeast Asia. If General Tatora likes it, I still have some at home. Just ask someone to send you two boxes later."

Du Duoluo thanked him repeatedly, but Du Wei suddenly said lightly: "It's just that the general is the chief steward of the Northwest Army. He is in charge of the food, drink, and toilet of the two hundred thousand troops. The things in my house are strange to others.

In the general’s opinion, I’m afraid it’s nothing more than that.”

"Where is it!" Tatora was polite again and again, and suddenly sighed in a low voice, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty the Duke, you are laughing at me. My position may seem like a beautiful place, but in fact I am just a bellows rat who gets offended by both sides. I always come to you.

I have to beg Governor Bohan for money, turn around, and have to deal with generals from various divisions in the army asking for money and food. I am also very annoyed. This time I can sneak out to greet you and get rid of those things in the camp.

, it can be considered a good job.”

Du Wei suddenly felt something in his heart: "You just said that General Lu Gao recently bought several beautiful female slaves... I guess it was you who handled them, right?"

"No!" Talking about women, Tatara's eyes shone and he said with a smile: "Although the skin of Nanyang women is slightly darker than that of our Imperial people, their skin is really thin and smooth to the touch, just like

It's like satin. It's rare to be obedient and supple, and there are many wonderful things... Haha, if you are interested, Your Majesty the Duke... Ah, no, no, I made a mistake. Your Majesty the Duke, you can even get such good wine from Nanyang.

Come, I heard that your business in the imperial capital is very big, and the female slaves in Nanyang are probably a piece of cake for you."

Du Wei's heart moved... looking at this fat man, could he be asking me for a bribe?

He remained calm and said with a smile: "This is indeed not difficult. But I...you know, I am a magician, and I am not very interested in women's sex right now. But I do want to be a slave in Nanyang.

There are as many as there are. General Tatara, if you are interested, I will send a few people over later and send them to your camp together with this Nanyang wine. Then it will be a pleasure to taste the wine and hug the beauty."

Tatodoro's eyes turned into slits when he smiled, but Du Wei added lightly: "By the way, since General Lu Gao asked you to buy a group of beautiful female slaves, you must also share a few. I'm afraid I will give it to you.

The female slaves you receive may not be as good as those sent by the general."

Tatara's expression changed slightly on the spot, but he covered it up in an instant and laughed at himself casually: "What the hell! What is my identity, Tatara? I'm just a housekeeper. Those slave girls were bought by the general to reward a few of them.

How can I have a share in the land of a general who has worked so hard and accomplished so much?"

This man doesn't look like a soldier, but a complete philistine businessman! Du Wei's inner evaluation of this Tatara was once again finalized.

For such a guy, if Lu Gao really rebels, such a person may not be determined to follow Lu Gao in rebellion. Maybe he can be used to find out the details of the Northwest Army.

I am not afraid that you are greedy, but I am afraid that you don’t know what you are greedy for!

As the carriage moved forward, Du Wei ordered not to stop at Helan City and went directly to the camp of the Northwest Army. Anyway, with the cavalry protection of the Northwest Army, there was no need to worry about any safety issues along the way. He drove all night, and Du Wei thought that his days were almost over.

, rush to the northwest military camp as early as possible in case the Dragon King and the Second Prince arrive halfway.

In just two days, Tatara was full of praise for Du Wei's enjoyment of this gorgeous carriage. Du Wei's carriage was a gift from Prince Chen, so it was naturally extremely luxurious, especially since Du Wei did not hesitate to spend money on the carriage.

I built a wind-type magic circle to reduce the bumps and vibrations on the ground, and the comfort level was greatly increased. In addition, the things in the car, including fine wine and food, were readily available.

Tatara, who lives in the bitter cold land of the northwest, has never had this kind of enjoyment? Although he made a lot of money by taking advantage of the military resources of his superiors, he did not dare to go too far in the northwest army. At best, it was just

Just a small rich man.

Moreover, although people like to enjoy themselves in the military camp, they do not dare to do so blatantly due to military regulations.

Along the way, if it weren't for Du Wei's status, Tatora even thought that if he could recruit a few more beautiful women in this luxurious carriage, then the carriage would be filled with beautiful women, wine and food, and he would go on like this all the way, drinking and doing things in the carriage.

Happy, wild and wild, then it will be really happy.

Finally, two days later, we arrived at "Watt Fortress", the base camp of the Northwest Army.

This is a permanent military fortress, a military city built entirely in accordance with the standards of a medium-sized city in the empire. The city wall should be twelve meters high according to the first-class fortress of the imperial military system, but Du Wei could see at a glance that the wall was at least ten meters high.

More than five meters. It seems that the Northwest Army did not hesitate to build its own base camp.

The city wall was built with the strongest boulders in the northwest. The tall, circular city wall was extremely defensive. And from a distance, there were actually some small slingshots placed on the city wall.

As for bows, arrows and crossbows, let alone them.

Outside the city walls of the Watt Fortress, there are several large military camps around it. On weekdays, the army exercises here, as well as a cavalry training ground, a large-scale horse farm for feeding horses, and a fodder farm. In the city, it is completely like a

It is a purely militarized city.

The Northwest Army has been operating here for many years. Most of the residents in the city are the family members of the direct troops of General Lu Gao of the Northwest Army. In order to maintain the loyalty of the direct troops, Lu Gao often moved the whole family of the soldiers to Watt Fortress. In this way,

, all the direct troops have become soldiers under his nose.

In this militarized city, you can see people coming and going. Most of them are soldiers of the Northwest Army, who are out on vacation. Although they are wearing casual clothes, the way they walk is full of the killing intent of the army.

spirit.

Even the families and women of the soldiers in the city were dressed simply and walked around in a hurry. The city was in good order, and there were cavalry patrols from the Northwest Army going back and forth. The horseshoes were clanking, and the cavalry on the horses held their heads high and their chests high, and they were imposing.

When Du Wei's motorcade arrived at the gate of the city, he took the initiative to get off the carriage. This time he was visiting in a high-profile manner, and he didn't care about these things on the shelf. He asked someone to put the pennant up high. The carriage with the flagpole erected

, was ordered by Du Wei to walk to the front of the convoy.

Du Wei and Tatara also rode horses. They walked side by side and sat on the horses. Tatara introduced this military fortress to Du Wei from time to time.

Suddenly, Du Wei saw a domed building on a relatively wide street in the distance. There was a sign hanging high on the building, and on the wall of the building, there were colorful patterned glass windows.

, and the hanging cloth mandarin that is full of sacred flavor...

"Yi?" Du Wei was slightly startled and said with a smile: "Is there also a temple and religious center here?"

"The Duke is joking." Tatora looked solemn. He didn't dare to joke when it came to the temple: "The temple is the state religion of the empire. Naturally, there are a large number of sergeants in our northwest army who believe in the temple, and even many generals in the army believe in the temple.

Believers in the temple. Within the empire, among those in high positions, who doesn’t believe in gods?”

Du Wei nodded, but thought to himself: I don't believe it.

As the team advanced into the city, the sound of horse hooves came from ahead. Du Wei had stayed in the northwest for a long time and learned to identify some information from the sound of horse hooves. He knew as soon as he heard it. They must be elite knights! Although the sound of horse hooves was dense,

But with an orderly rhythm, it was obvious that the other party still maintained an orderly queue and rhythm while running.

Sure enough, on the street in the distance, a group of black-armored cavalry was running all the way. All the pedestrians on the road saw it from a distance and stepped back to avoid it. There were still people standing on the roadside. However, they were deeply concerned about the cavalry coming from afar.

Bow deeply, showing great respect.

The equipment of this group of black-armored cavalry was obviously different from the cavalry of the Northwest Army that Du Wei had seen. Their equipment was more sophisticated, and the black armor on their bodies looked like they were high-defense goods of extraordinary quality.

The horses are all carefully selected fine war horses. From a distance, the knights on the horses are all full of the aura of bravery. They are obviously warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles, and everyone exudes a faint aura.

The kind of real murderous aura and chill that can only be refined by experiencing a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!
To be continued...