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(Today's Second Update …)
Chapter 236 "The Weasel Comes to the Door"
By the time Alpha returned to Anglia City alone, the battlefield had already been cleaned up. All the corpses of the prairie wolves had been buried and the yellow soil on the battlefield was still soaked with blood. Riding on his horse, Alpha could even smell the thick scent of blood in the air.
High in the sky, several vultures were still circling in the distance.
Below the city walls, above the wilderness, the first thing Alpha saw was not Du Wei.
The original location of the prairie soldiers' camp was densely packed with hundreds of wooden stakes. On top of those stakes, the prairie wolf captives were stripped naked and hung high up on the wooden frames.
When Alpha got closer, he discovered that the stakes were all in the shape of a cross. From afar, it looked like the prairie soldiers were tied up. But when he got closer, that was not the case!
Everyone was stripped of their clothes and splashed with blood. Then, their hands were spread open to form the shape of a cross. Both of their palms were nailed to the wooden stakes!
Under the scorching sun, some of the captives were already on the verge of death while the vultures in the sky were eyeing them covetously.
Next to him, Du Wei was sitting on a chair with more than a dozen subordinates behind him. Their faces were filled with murderous intent as they coldly looked at the prairie captives tied to the crosses.
"My Lord, this is the last batch." One of the Tulip Family's cavalrymen whispered.
"Good, load them up." Du Wei nodded: "Remember, give them something to eat and drink along the way. Don't let them all die, understood?"
The cavalryman bowed and retreated.
Alpha rode his horse closer to Du-Wei's side, then he dismounted and walked in front of Du-Wei.
"You're finally back." Du Wei looked at this uncle Alpha and smiled. His eyes were filled with warmth: "I thought you left me."
Alpha was silent for a moment before shaking his head: "Young Master, since I promised Mr. Raymond, I will not leave you until I die."
Du Wei smiled, but it was not a happy smile. Walking in front of Alpha, he looked him up and down a few times. He could see the exhaustion on the former captain's face: "Let's go in and talk. I think you must have a special reason for disappearing for a few days, right?"
Alpha nodded, but then he suddenly looked at the prairie captives tied to the crosses: "They … …"
"I gave the order." Du Wei lightly said: "This time we captured a few thousand people. I didn't intend to let these animals waste food. All of them were nailed to the pillars and I ordered the carts to take them around my territory! So everyone who saw this will understand one thing …. As long as I, Du Wei, am here, I will not let these prairie soldiers attack our territory! "
It was indeed a good way to establish his authority and buy people's hearts.
Alpha sighed in his heart, but when he saw the coldness in Du Wei's eyes, he didn't know why, but he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. The young master has changed. He's no longer the son of a count who hid in a small building to study and was polite to everyone in the family.
Now, the lives of a few thousand captives can be decided with a single thought.
However, Alpha wasn't a pedantic guy who would let his enemies do whatever they wanted. He glanced at the dying man tied to a pillar beside him and retracted his gaze. "Young Master, I'm going after Gold Wolf Head this time."
"Oh?" Du Wei's eyes lit up. After this battle, they defeated the enemy's twenty thousand elite cavalry in one fell swoop. It could be said that the Northwest hasn't had a great victory in twenty years. It's a pity that Gold Wolf Head got away. That's the biggest regret: "You chased … …"
He was about to ask if he caught up, but seeing Alpha's empty hands, he immediately changed his words: "You must have had a hard time chasing. Let's go back to the city first."
Alpha shook his head: "It's not hard. I caught up with Gold Wolf Head, but I didn't have the chance to kill him and bring his head back. However, I found something even more surprising. "
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Inside the former governor's mansion in Anglia City, Du Wei listened to Alpha's narration of what he saw.
When they heard that the Northwest Army intercepted and killed Gold Wolf Head, Du Wei's men were all furious.
"What a cunning Northwest Army!"
"Hateful bastard!"
"Despicable!!"
For a moment, the loudest curses came from Guptad. However, Du Wei's expression didn't change. Quietly thinking for a moment, he faintly smiled: "This isn't strange. If it was me, I'm afraid I would have done the same …. This General Rugaard's reaction can be considered fast. Humph! "
Nominally, the Northwest Army is the border army, but they dared to let the prairie invaders into the Empire's territory! This is already a big crime! If it had been the previous time in Oxley Town, he would have let about two thousand cavalrymen into the town to search for magical beasts. They would have come and gone quietly without causing any trouble, and there would have been no evidence afterwards.
But this time, it's as if the enemy has tens of thousands of troops and is openly attacking the Empire's territory! Not only that, it also alarmed the garrison of the neighboring province, Governor Bohan's troops!
Such a big movement can't be hidden anymore. The Empire will definitely get wind of it!
Although the capital has always been out of reach of the Northwestern Army due to the lack of effective means to control them, it's only because the Northwestern Army has been well-behaved these past few years. They didn't do anything too drastic and didn't cross the bottom line of the central government!
But they openly let tens of thousands of troops into the Empire! Such a move may not be a blatant act of rebellion, but it's no different from treason!
Such behavior has greatly exceeded the Empire's bottom line. Even if the Empire can tolerate this kind of thing, there's no way they can tolerate it!
The Northwest Army doesn't really want to shed all pretense of cordiality. At least for now, they don't want to openly rebel. So, this is General Rugaard's remedy!
Looking at his indignant subordinates, Du Wei only smiled and muttered to himself: "Hmm, it should be like this …. If I'm not wrong, the people the Northwest Army sent to the Empire's high command are already on their way."
"Merit?!" Little 250 Guetta suddenly roared: "They still have the face to ask for merit?! If it wasn't for these bastards letting those prairie invaders in, how could so many of our brothers have died?! They still want to ask for merit? They should hang these traitorous bastards! "
Du Wei didn't get angry. Looking at Guetta: "They already committed treason a long time ago. If they really had the ability to hang them, do you think the Empire would've endured until today?"
"But …. No matter what, it's not asking for merit!! In any case, the sin of letting the prairie army in is not something that can be erased! Such a big crime, do you think we can just let it go like this?! "Guetta's face turned red.
Du Wei sneered: "So what? Humph, you killed Gold Wolf Head! After all, it's a Gold Wolf Head! One of the four commanders of the prairie! Guetta, it's been more than 20 years, has the Empire ever made such a big contribution? Was there any record of killing such a high-level enemy chief on the grassland? This is the first time in more than 20 years! Such a big contribution, if the Northwest Army doesn't ask for it, who will?! "
"The enemy was killed by us! The city was defended by us! The people were killed by us! If you want to talk about merit, it's our Tulip Family! " Guetta suddenly added: "There's also Governor Bohan. He also sent troops to help us quell the chaos!"
"So what …. Gold Wolf Head died in the hands of the Northwest Army." Du Wei sighed: "The Empire doesn't want to go to war, and neither does the Northwest Army! This so called request for merit is just a gesture from the Northwest Army. The Northwest Army sending Gold Wolf Head's head means: Yes, I don't want to rebel. If the Empire gives the Northwest Army a reward, it means: I don't want to fight either! Once the two sides reach a tacit understanding …. The Northwest Army's contribution is set in stone. Who knows, maybe the Empire will even give us some reward, or even some money or something. "
Guetta is still a rough man after all. His face turned red, but he couldn't say a word. In the end, he stomped his feet and cursed: "Fuck! I just can't figure it out! "
With that, this fierce general turned around and walked out. Who knows where he went to vent his anger.
Du Wei glanced at Robert and sighed: "Robert Knight, go out and watch this little idiot. Don't let him do anything …."
Robert faintly smiled: "Commander Guetta is just a bit hot-tempered, but he still has a sense of propriety. At most, he'll go out and find a few captives and whip them to vent his anger."
"That's good. Let him whip those prairie people. I won't feel bad even if they die." Du Wei tapped his finger on the table with a strange smile on his face: "Rugaard, Rugaard …. What are you thinking? You don't want to openly rebel, so you killed Gold Wolf Head and stabilized the Empire …. But what about the prairie? Do you think the prairie will let you go just because Gold Wolf Head died? This time, the prairie people came in with a Shaman King behind them! Are you not afraid of the Shaman King's revenge? Snowy Mountain …. Hmm, Snowy Mountain …. "
Thinking up to here, Du Wei looked at Alpha: "Uncle Alpha, are you sure that Rugaard's son …. uses Ice Dou Qi? Is it Rodriguez's martial arts? But I heard that Rodriguez is a self-taught genius. I don't think he has a teacher? "
Alpha shook his head. Rodriguez has always been low-key, so very few people know where he came from.
Letting out a sigh, Du Wei decided to wait until he sees Rodriguez in the future to ask him.
That day when Hussain came back from the frozen forest, he brought back Beauty under the Moonlight and told the story of the Dragons coming to seek revenge. Rodriguez also told Hussain that he listened to someone's advice and came to the Northwest to help him.
But who did he listen to? To be able to make a Paladin level expert willingly work for him …. The person who persuaded Rodriguez must have a lot of power!
Du Wei still doesn't know that the person who persuaded Rodriguez was Blue Ocean.
He also doesn't know that Blue Ocean's real name is Blue Ocean and he's also a disciple of the Snowy Mountain.
What's more, he didn't know that the relic he found in the secret passage was the former Shaman King of the Snowy Mountain, Blue Ocean's master.
"I know …. Rugaard's son is actually such a powerful expert …. Uncle Alpha, in your opinion, how powerful is that guy? How is he compared to you? He hasn't reached the Saint level yet, right? "
Alpha shook his head: "I don't think so. But ….. if we were to compare, I'm afraid I might not be his opponent. From his appearance, his strength should be around the eighth or ninth level. And I'm only at the eighth level. "
"A young genius expert." Du Wei sighed: "Our Hou … …" Coughing, he immediately changed his tone: "That traitor of the Shrines, Hussain, known as the continent's number one Knight, didn't reach the eighth level at such a young age? How come we've never heard of Rugaard's son being so powerful? "
Alpha shook his head: "It's my fault, Young Master. I didn't gather much information about Rugaard's son in the Northwest Army. "
Du Wei shook his head: "Maybe it's because he's usually very low-key. This matter is not your fault. If the other party deliberately hid it, then it would be very difficult for outsiders to find out. "
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During Du Wei's stay in Anglia City, he received news that the two divisions of the Northwest Army that surrounded Loulan City have already retreated. Longbottom and Hussain each brought a team of people to meet up with Du Wei after hearing about the battle in Anglia City.
Although everyone hates the traitorous actions of the Northwest Army, there's not much they can do since the other side is much stronger than them.
After another round of discussion with most of his men, Longbottom and Guptad led the remaining cavalry to patrol the entire Desa Province to clean up any remnants of the grassland forces.
Finally, Du Wei issued a strange order.
"Have someone prepare a carriage for me … … I'm going on a long trip. Also, send someone to make me a banner! The bigger the better! The workmanship must be gorgeous and beautiful! On the banner … … Embroider a few big words for me! "
Alpha was a little puzzled: "Young Master, what do you want to write? What do you need a banner for? "
"Of course it's to give to someone." Du Wei sneered: "Embroider on the banner … … Hmm, embroider 'Meritorious Minister of the Nation, Role Model of the Army'! Just write it like that, the bigger the better! "
Alpha vaguely guessed something: "Young Master, you want to … …"
"I want to pay a visit to General Rugaard of the Northwest Army." Du Wei sneered: "It's been a year since I came to the Northwest and I still haven't seen the general. How rude. Since he didn't come looking for me, I'll pay him a visit. "
With that, Du Wei didn't let Alpha say anything else and waved for him to go prepare the banner.
"Du Wei, what do you want to do?"
Only Hussain and Du Wei were left in the room.
"I want to see this Old Bastard." Du Wei faintly smiled: "This time we've been miserably schemed against by the Northwest Army. If I don't give them some trouble, I won't be able to stay in the Northwest anymore!"
Hussain frowned: "But if you go see him, aren't you afraid you'll end up like a sheep in a tiger's den?"
Du Wei smiled strangely: "The Northwest Army took the initiative to kill Gold Wolf Head and even expressed goodwill to the Empire ….. Although it's smart, it also exposed Rugaard's bottom line! He doesn't want to rebel right now! At least not now!! So, he won't really do anything to me! On the contrary, not only can he not detain me, he can't harm me. Instead, he has to step up his efforts to protect me. He can't let anything happen to me in his territory. Otherwise, if a Duke of the Empire dies in his home, he will have no choice but to rebel! So ….. he absolutely won't hurt me and will do his best to protect me! "
Speaking up to here, Du Wei slowly continued: "A month has almost passed ….. Speaking of which, it's about time for that Second Prince of the Dragons to come find trouble with me, right? At that time ….. I'll have to trouble the 200,000 soldiers of the Northwest Army to act as my bodyguards! "
Du Wei smiled sinisterly: "Let people go out and spread the news that the Duke of the Tulip Family has personally paid a visit to the Northwest Army's commander, General Rugaard. Also, he personally sent a banner and gifts to the Northwest Army. Make it as big as possible and make it as obvious as possible ….. I want that Second Prince of the Dragons to know that I'm in the Northwest Army!"
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