Chapter 182: The smoke of war rises everywhere

A very greeting banquet, except for bringing closer relationships to each other, there was almost nothing special happening. As the saying goes, it is good that some people in the court can do things. The commander of the legion, Ben Lanling, was talking about his own people, so he naturally took special care of Bai Qi. Some of the troubles that some newly appointed officials would encounter, after receiving the orders from the young master Bezos, Ben Lanling helped Bai Qi settle them, so Bai Qi was also relaxed.

Bai Qi quickly stood firm in the First Division. The First Division was not complicated, or the factions in the army here were not complicated at all, because they were all new recruits, and all generals were drawn from all over the country. Except for the game between the upper classes, the grassroots were almost not infiltrated, and the new recruits were not as difficult as veterans, so it was not very difficult for Bai Qi to control the First Division.

After all, Bai Qi has many helpers around him, such as Dugu Zhantian, the captain of Bai Qi's personal soldiers at that time, as well as the selected 50 personal soldiers, and the commander of the legion supported Bai Qi to do things smoothly.

A month passed quickly, and it was already cold winter in January. Snowflakes fell in the sky. The first snow after winter fell heavily, covering almost the entire Bavarian territory. The weather turned sharp. In just one or two days, the snow had fallen by dozens of centimeters, and it was particularly difficult to walk.

The army's supplies and food were also affected. The food became increasingly simple, and the morale of the army began to be a little unstable. Bai Qi stopped his daily training and began to appease the army. After about half a month, the snow around him had gradually melted, and life had returned to normal. Everyone was in a good mood. On this day, Bai Qi was wearing armor and was about to go out to arrange his subordinates to train. A legion commander Ben Lanling's personal soldier ran to Bai Qi quickly. While speaking, he fell to the ground and said respectfully: "Sir... the legion commander asked you to go to the big tent quickly, something big happened."

"Well... wait a moment, I'll go with you." Bai Qi was stunned for a moment and told his subordinates to help him manage the First Division and then headed towards the big tent in the distance. Speaking of Bai Qi's deputy, it has to be said that this guy is a talent... a military talent. Although he is a little old and is now just a colonel. He has been wandering in this position for ten years. At nearly forty years, he has entered the golden age of a soldier. Before that, he stayed in the position of the colonel for nearly ten years.

It’s not because he can’t fight, but he is brave and strategic in war, and has a good arrangement of troops. But unfortunately, this guy doesn’t know how to be a human being. Although he is a good man in war, he often offends his superiors. Therefore, although this poor Mr. Paroson was at the age of 30, he has not received any promotion until now. After a decade of war, he has been the acting division commander of the new army this time and serves as the deputy division commander. If nothing unexpected happens, Bai Qi’s position should be his. Unfortunately, Li Ziming came here on a whim and replaced his position.

Originally, Bai Qi thought that this person would definitely not accept him, but unexpectedly, the colonel who had been deeply loyal to the kingdom and the king did not cause any trouble for him, but instead cooperated with his actions. This made Bai Qi trust him more and more, and liked to discuss anything with him, and he always satisfies Bai Qi every time.

After handing over the matter to Paroson, Bai Qi and Dugu Zhantian rode a fast horse toward the tent of the 35th Legion in the middle of the southwest corner. They galloped all the way for only a few minutes later. Bai Qi took Dugu Zhantian and rolled over and got off the horse and walked inside.

Although personal soldiers are not qualified to enter the commander's tent, Dugu Zhantian is an exception. He has no idea how many times he has rushed into the commander's tent in the past few months. Except for the first time someone stopped him and was cut directly by him, no one has stopped this guy at any time. In the eyes of those soldiers, this guy is definitely much more terrifying than Bai Qi, the division commander.

Although he had a little complaint about Bai Qi's personal soldiers and generals, he was not easy to say it. What's more, the commander of the commander is the legion commander, and it's not their turn to speak. As for the legion commander Ben Lanling, he was like Mingjing in his heart. He had known about who Dugu Zhantian was, and he had long known this kind of thing. He was a thousand-year-old family. The Lanling family knew some secrets about Ben, who was nearly sixty years old. Lanling knew very well that he didn't want to provoke the perverts of the Dugu family. He definitely had nothing to do that guys who wanted to do but dared not do it.

After entering the commander's tent, Bai Qi found that all the senior generals were in place. The commander of the legion, two deputy legion commanders, a legion staff officer, the boss of the legion logistics department, and the division commanders had already sat down one after another, waiting for Bai Qi to arrive. However, it was obvious that everyone here looked not very good, one was more solemn than the other. After seeing Bai Qi, he raised his head and looked at Bai Qi with a sad face. He no longer had the enthusiasm and smile before, but he said lightly: "Are you here? Let's sit down..."

After saying that, he looked at everyone around him seriously, then dropped the big red cloth curtain behind him, and a map of the kingdom appeared in front of Bai Qi and the others. Although he didn't believe it, he roughly drew the entire Bavarian Kingdom, and it was divided into two distinct colors, red and black. The black turtle was huddled in the northwest corner, while the red occupied a large area of ​​rivers and mountains. This was the power division map of the Bavarian Kingdom and Andre, but it seemed to have changed a little. There were countless arrows marked on it, which were obviously Andre's marching route. When he saw these routes, Bai Qi's face changed rapidly. He finally understood why everyone's faces were so serious.

Because Andre took action, not only that but also aggressively, he attacked the four northwestern provinces close to his territory at the same time, and looked at most of them. Not only that, there were several gray patterns on the map, although they were all in the corners, but they could be clearly seen... Andrere himself was not the only one who wanted to take action.

To be honest, winter is not conducive to large-scale corps combat, which is common sense for everyone. Even if it is a national war, the battle with the power of the whole country will gradually evolve into small conflicts in winter, because large-scale battles are difficult to carry out in winter weather.

When fighting, it is important to be in a war, the right time, place and people. The first time limits winter battles, but unexpectedly Andre actually took action at this time. It has to be said that this action was beyond everyone's expectations.

No one expected that Andre would dare to take action rashly in winter, and no one expected that he would actually go to war with the kingdom, but he didn't know whether it was a battle of loyalty or had been prepared.

"Everyone has seen it... I just came back from the Grand Marshal. According to the latest news... Andre has already taken action. Ten days ago Andre became king in the northwest, established the Kingdom of Flames, and declared war on Bavaria, with the troops aiming directly at Bavaria...

"Nine days ago, Andre's eight legions that had already been ambushed, defeated the forces of the four legions stationed around the seven northwest provinces, and began to invade the four northwest provinces. Now our latest news is... Andre won a great victory, lost less than one division, and wiped out the four legions garrisons in the four northwest provinces. Many places in the four northwest provinces have surrendered one after another, and some are fighting stubbornly, but I think they can't hold on for long, and there... the kingdom does not have enough troops to resist Andre." Looking around Ben Lanling said with a serious look on his face. Andre's march was too fast and too unexpected to everyone. He actually destroyed the vitality of the four legions of the kingdom in an instant, which is indeed a bit unacceptable.

You know... The Kingdom has thirty-five legions, but more than a dozen of them cannot be drawn at all, such as the Iron Wall Legion and its two affiliated legions, the Wangdu City Guard Legion, the Southwest Frontier Army, and the occupied area garrison. The Kingdom has been able to draw nineteen legions to deal with Andre, and lost four of them at once. Their strength comparison has dropped a lot in an instant.

"Impossible...How could Andre deal with four legions silently? You know, those are four legions, not four brigades. No matter how powerful Andre is, it is impossible for him to eat them in one day...and...What is the intelligence department doing? Didn't they notice Andre's movements?" A general sitting there exclaimed with disbelief.

"Nothing is impossible. Andre has already begun to penetrate the surrounding provinces over the years. There are his people in the four legions, working inside and outside, and suddenly attacking. No one expected them to attack in winter. Therefore, the four legions were caught off guard and were wiped out... As for... the intelligence department you mentioned. Hey... you may not know yet. Luther, the head of the intelligence department, had already rebelled. While Andre launched a rebellion, he had escaped from Rose City.

According to the information we have obtained, Luther has defected to Andre, and his family has long been secretly moved to the northwest. Andre has asked him to be the prime minister of the Flame Kingdom and given the throne of dukes. He has provided countless false information to the kingdom and the military. Andre is actually ready... and the intelligence of sending troops has been reported before, but it was suppressed by Luther..." Ben replied with a sneer.

"So, are we going to move?" Bai Qi sat there and muttered to himself, a little excited in his tone. To be honest, Bai Qi was really excited because he knew... The war was coming, and the war was a man who made achievements, and it was the best opportunity for Bai Qi to make achievements. Of course, Bai Qi was a little nervous when he participated in the war for the first time.

"Well... it's not that we are going to go out, it's that we have to go out, but before that I have a few bad news to tell you..." Ben, who was sitting there, smiled bitterly and said to Bai Qi in front of him. After saying that, he looked at everyone around him and said with a slightly bitter feeling.

"This... you may not know that the sea tribes in the east were in chaos, and they actually dispatched amphibians that they had not seen for many years. When they entered the mainland, they did not know what benefits Andre gave them. In short, the sea tribe sent all troops, and all the ships of the Sea Dragon Legion were trapped in the seaport and had to send troops to resist. Now the Sea Dragon Legion and his two affiliated legions were all dragged down... The chaos in the northeast... There was also trouble. The border guards of the two legions stationed there could not be used, because the Jialan Empire sent troops... Although there were not many, there was only one legion, it completely deterred the entire chaotic land, and it was possible to increase troops at any time. So... I have to say that the two legions there could not be called for the time being.

"Now we can only draw the swamp legion in the south, two affiliated legions, and the Wangdu Imperial Guard. For these four main legions, we are a legion's recruits have to go to the battlefield. Of course, we originally expected the combat force to be only nineteen legions, and you may not think it will have any effect. I have to say that... we must prepare for the removal of people and horses at any time, because once the Jialan Empire takes action, we will be attacked from both sides, and I am afraid that the two legions will not be able to withstand it." Ben smiled bitterly and explained.

"Impossible...How is this possible? It's fine if the sea tribe is not there. Those guys living in the water have a life-and-death friendship with Andre. They were normal when they sent troops... But what about the Galan Empire? Are they in the civil war stage? And...Isn't Long already starting to make their decisions today?" A general said in disbelief. To be honest, this is impossible. How could the Galan Empire help Andrei because it is difficult for it to protect itself?

"This... I think our intelligence department should have changed people. That was the news a year ago. Now the Jialan Empire is a little different. They came out with a young general named Ryuichi Yamamoto. They are said to be a general of civilian origin. They are a complete genius. Jialan's youngest high-level fighting spirit. He participated in the civil war. His achievements over the past year have been brilliant, but they have been continuously upgraded within a year. Now they are the Southeast Marshal of Jialan, known as the Jialan Dragon General. He has led a million troops of the Jialan Empire to guard the southeast. I am afraid that if Tianlong attacks, they will not be able to do anything to Jialan for a while. It is said that Tianlong is considering whether to attack Jialan. After all, Yamamoto Ryuichi, who is twenty-five years old this year, is a very difficult person. It is said that he uses troops like a god. I don't know whether it is true or not. But I think it should not be bad, after all, the famous Wuxu Soldier."

When Bai Qi heard the name Ryuichi Yamamoto, he couldn't help but frown. It was not that Bai Qi was very familiar with this guy, nor that Bai Qi had heard of this guy's name, but that this guy's name was a little like the Japanese... This made Bai Qi very dislike. Even Bai Qi could hardly help thinking that this brother was a member of the time traveler. After all, names like this are really rare in the Tianen Continent.

However, although he was a little unhappy, Bai Qi did not interrupt Ben and listened to him continue to say.

"To be honest, if the emperor was not foolish and incompetent in recent years, Jialan became increasingly powerful, and the foundation of the empire had been shaken. In addition, the frequent wars, the rebels came again to hurt their vitality. If there were a lot of eyes, the Jialan Empire would not have sent only such a legion to intimidate, but directly sent troops to Bavaria." Ben said slowly.

"So...we can face an attack from Jialan at any time?" The generals around him became even more serious, and one of them couldn't help asking.

"Yes...theory is indeed the case...but according to the analysis of our command, if we gained an advantage in the war with Andre and could quickly resolve Andre, the Galan Empire's army would not send troops. After all, they should have understood that if it weren't for Andre, the guy Andre, Bavaria would have been transformed into the empire long ago, and Bavaria's national strength would be better than Galan. It would definitely not be an easy task to defeat us. Without full confidence, they would not have fought with us. After all, Bavaria would not have fought a big war with us.

Ya and Galan are both major powers of the Eastern Continent. Once a war begins, it will be less than hundreds of thousands of casualties. Moreover, it is easy to be dragged down from the quagmire when we start a full war with us. I think that Tianlong, the number one power in the Eastern Continent, will deal with them without hesitation at that time, so don’t worry, as long as we can win in the war against Andre, they will not go in a mess." Ben, who was sitting there, nodded, as if he also saw the pressure from everyone, and said slowly to everyone, as if he was calming the hearts of the people.

"Then... what does the Grand Marshal mean?" Bai Qi couldn't help but ask in a low voice. Now it was probably Bai Qi who was alone, who was still waiting for the war with excitement.

"At noon today, we set out immediately after dinner. The ten armies rushed to the northwest. Our 35th legion was responsible for guarding Jialing Pass. The two legions that blocked Andrei's departing to the southwest of the kingdom. In two months, they were able to eat the four major provinces. However, according to the calculations of the commander, it will take three months to arrive at Jialing Pass. We must arrive there before that and work with the 20,000 defenders of Jialing Pass to deal with Andrei's two western legions. Our goal is to hold them back and give the Grand Marshal a time to face the front battlefield." Ben Lanling roared loudly.
Chapter completed!