It is November 28th, the fourth year of Dalong Taiping.
The Imperial City of Grad in Tsarist Russia was once again shrouded in heavy snowflakes flying all over the sky. Spring was coming soon, and Liu Chengfeng was also working silently on his mating...making friends.
At the same time, on the other side thousands of miles away, winter in Frankland has already arrived as expected.
The royal city of the Frankish Kingdom at this time was not the romantic capital of later generations, but the Merovingian royal city.
As winter approaches, the sky above the Merovingian City is filled with crystal clear snowflakes. As the snow increases, the cold winter gradually transforms the Merovingian City into a beautiful world of ice and snow.
The Merovingian City is very beautiful in winter, and it seems to be even more beautiful than Dalong's capital.
However, for the generals of the Western Expedition like Zhang Kuang, Yeluha and the others, they had no intention of watching this delightful sight of ice and snow. Their minds had already been replaced by boundless rage.
In the palace of the Kingdom of Falak in the Merovingian city, Kuang Kuang stood in the side hall of the palace, wearing a thick bearskin cloak, holding the pipe in his hand and puffing silently, his gloomy eyes never leaving from the beginning to the end. He passed the twenty-three corpses on the ground.
Those were the corpses of twenty-three Longwu Wei Erlangs.
At this moment, the corpses of the twenty-three Longwu Guard soldiers had already become stiff and lifeless. The bloodless pale faces of the twenty-three soldiers told Zhang Kuang and the others silently that they had said goodbye to this bustling world for many days. .
Zhang Kuang held pots of smoke one pot after another until a thin layer of smoke lingered above the entire side hall. Only then did Zhang Kuang bend down without saying a word and knock the cigarette rod in his hand against the soles of the tiger-headed golden boots.
Zhang Kuang gently rolled the dry pipes together and tied them to the tiger-striped belt around his waist, and silently glanced at General Dalong who had the same gloomy eyes in the palace.
“What I hate most in my life are those kind of bastards who appear to be benevolent and righteous, but in reality are sanctimonious and secretly stabbing people.
For a person like this, even if his bones are shattered and his body is broken into pieces, it still won't eliminate the hatred in my heart.
My twenty-three brothers, Dalong Xizheng'erlang, did not die on the battlefield, but died in the hands of despicable villains like Yacli. What should you do? "
"Lead the troops to retreat and plunder the Roman kingdom with blood."
"The general seconded the proposal, led the troops to retreat, bloodbathed the Roman Kingdom to avenge the twenty-three Longwuwei brothers, and cut the bodies of sanctimonious villains like Acrylic into thousands of pieces to comfort the lives of my twenty-three Longwuwei brothers. The spirit in heaven.”
"That's right. Since it was Rome who was unjust in the first place, then don't blame me, the Great Dragon Army, for being unkind. Since Rome wants to die themselves, I don't mind giving them a ride."
"Commander, the last general Xiong Kaishan is willing to be the vanguard general, lead 30,000 cavalry to defeat the Roman Kingdom, and bloodbath the Roman Kingdom of Tantine to avenge his brothers."
"The last general, Keyan, is also willing to go."
"The last general Jiang Lei is also willing to go. The last general guarantees that within twenty days the Roman state will be reduced to ruins under artillery fire."
Looking at the excited-looking group of generals in the palace, Yeruha, the deputy commander of the army on the left, hurriedly walked to the middle and waved a few times.
"Brothers, listen to me, don't make any noise first, let's listen to the commander first.
Now is not the time to make an impulsive decision on who will be the vanguard to attack the Roman acrylic dog thieves, but to make a detailed plan for the use of troops first.
Impulsiveness will only make us lose our minds. What we need to retain most now is rational thinking.
Impulsiveness not only fails to avenge the tragic death of the brothers, but will cause more brothers to encounter mishaps. Attacking the Roman Kingdom to avenge the brothers is certain, but the specific method of attacking must come up with a foolproof charter.
I hope you can be more sensible now. Calm down and let's discuss the use of troops. "
A group of generals looked at the deputy commander Yeruha who was admonishing them and others with serious words. They sighed heavily and forcibly suppressed their irritable emotions.
Zhang Kuang was silent for a long time with a heavy face, and looked at Yaleha silently: "Brother Yale, have you thought of a safer way now?"
Yeruha shook his head with a regretful look on his face: "Commander, the general is eager to lead his troops back to Rome immediately and cut this bastard acrylic into pieces.
But the more agitated we are, the more we need to calm down and think about countermeasures.
Acrylic, the bastard, picked this time right. Due to the weather, our army was unable to retreat in time to chase the enemy, so we dared to send people to sneak attack our artillery position to plunder our artillery.
After the acrylic attack on the artillery position was successful, we must have been rushing back to Rome with the artillery for many days. At this time, there is no possibility of us catching up with the Roman army.
From the time we conquered the Frankish Kingdom to now, seven heavy snowfalls have fallen in the Frankish King's City one after another. Now you don't even have to think about it to know that the situation in the eastern territory of the Frankish King's City is not optimistic. Nine out of ten roads have been covered. Deep snow.
Since the road leading from the Merovingian City to the Roman Kingdom has been covered with heavy snow at this time, it will definitely be difficult for vehicles and horses to travel. If we forcefully send troops to march into the Roman Kingdom, the price we will pay will be double or even triple than before. So many.
It doesn't matter if the soldiers have a hard time, but what about the food, grass and baggage?
You must know that Acrylic succeeded in a sneak attack with sixteen artillery pieces and more than 200 rounds of artillery shells. If the baggage used in the siege cannot keep up with the marching speed, and we wait until we reach Rome and launch the siege, then we will have to risk the lives of the soldiers. Filling the city!
If we sacrifice the lives of our soldiers, then the battle to march into Rome will be the battle with the greatest losses from the enemy since our left army began its western expedition.
The Romans saw the power of artillery when they attacked the Frankish country. Commander, you know better.
If we were bombarded by Roman soldiers into the phalanx of our brothers, the losses we would suffer would be unpredictable!
Therefore, the general hopes that the general can seriously consider marching to Rome to avenge the enemy and not be carried away by anger.
beat! The general has no objection, but now is by no means the best time to lead his troops back and march towards Rome. "
Zhang Kuang frowned tightly and looked at the solemn-looking Eruha with complicated eyes: "Brother Yale, I had already thought about what you said just now when I was smoking.
I also know that if we forcefully march into Rome in such bad weather, we will definitely pay a high price.
But--
As the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, we can't just sit back and watch the corpses of my twenty-three great men die in silence, right?
If they die on the battlefield, although I will feel extremely guilty, I will finally be able to give an explanation to their families in the future and tell their families that they are all heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country.
Your Majesty, the court, and the people will never forget their achievements!
But they died at the hands of a sneak attack and assassination by half of the friendly forces in the past. I feel...hey...I feel really aggrieved!
During this thousand-mile expedition, the soldiers suffered heavy losses due to the unaccustomed climate and climate.
I finally survived the hardships, but died at the hands of a villain. It's so humiliating, so humiliating! "
"Deputy Commander, I am not afraid of dangers and hardships. Although the road ahead to march into the Roman Kingdom to conquer the barbarians is extremely difficult, as long as we can avenge the death of Paoze, we will die without regrets."
"Yes, I have long seen that these Romans are nothing, but the general never thought that they would be so bold as to dare to attack the soldiers of my Great Dragon Heavenly Army.
It seems that these barbarians who dare to disobey my transformation into the Great Dragon King are of no use if they are not slaughtered early.
The last general is willing to lead the brothers from the Changshan Camp to march directly to the Royal City of Rome, and capture this little guy Acrylic and take him to our central army's tent to await his death. "
"We respectfully request the commander-in-chief to order the dispatch of troops."
"We respectfully request the commander-in-chief to order the dispatch of troops."
"We respectfully request the commander-in-chief to order the dispatch of troops."
Yeluha's face darkened, and he glanced calmly at the generals who were kneeling on one knee in front of Zhang Kuang.
"Confused. You will never regret it even if you die, but don't forget that you are still generals of the three armies, and you are responsible for the lives of your brothers.
The lives of each of them are closely related to your words and deeds. How can you be so reckless! "
Zhang Kuang narrowed his eyes and was silent for a long time before heaving a heavy sigh: "Let's all get up. Vice Admiral Yale is right. We must not cause more brothers to spill blood on the battlefield just because of impulse.
Revenge must be avenged, but it must be done with reasonable regulations.
Brother Yale, our vanguard army cannot retreat and march into Rome due to bad weather. The reserve army stationed in the country of Dashi, led by Brother Huyan, can always do it, right? "
Yeruha was stunned for a moment, then nodded excitedly.
"Of course, the infantry cannons we have been reluctant to use are all sealed up in Dashi Country!
As long as they pull out those dozens of infantry cannons and rely on the strength of the Roman Empire, even if they get a dozen cannons, they are still no match for Brother Huyan. "
