Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 426
The Marquis Grant returned to his seat proudly.

Xia Houyan narrowed his eyes and looked at the back of the commander of the Central Army for two seconds before turning around and continuing to admire the formation of the Imperial Army on the school field.

Isa Sandria tugged at the Lord Lord's sleeve and said lightly:
"Hey! Did you really agree to send someone to compete with the Central Army?"

"If you win the martial arts contest, there will be prizes, and fools won't go!" Xia Houyan squeezed Isa's slender waist, and said with a sneer, "Ryan Grant proposed the martial arts competition, but it was because of the matter of the captain of the Central Army a few days ago , I need to find a place to go back from me - this competition, their Central Army won, and Marquis Grant earned back his face; we won Shuangfengling, and I can buy [-] sets of heavy cavalry equipment for nothing... Win-win! Win-win!"

Yisha always felt that her fiancé had misunderstood the meaning of "win-win".

"The premise is that you can win in Shuangfengling, then you can get the prize..." Isa gritted her silver teeth, and slapped off someone's dishonest palm on her waist, "There are many masters in the Central Army. The members of the Igor family are also lost, and the prizes have not been obtained..."

Xia Houyan rolled his eyes wildly: "Damn, can you have some confidence in the lord's men..."

Isa responded with a sneer.

The pair of dogs and men are still bickering in the corner of the viewing platform, the Imperial Army's separate military parade has come to an end, and the military exercise is about to enter the stage of sub-subject exercises.

After watching the entire military parade with cold eyes, even Xia Houyan couldn't help but look at the strength of the regular army of the empire with admiration - in the past two years, the central army of the empire and the eastern army, even if they were beaten to pieces by the orcs and threw away their helmets and armor It's not too much, but now when they walk in the queue, the imperial army is still bowed and their swords are shining brightly, which can be called "the army is neat and dignified".

The empire was able to take advantage of this short two-month ceasefire, not only to make up for the heavy loss of troops, but also to regain the morale of the army, and to revive the glory at the military exercise site where the nations watched the ceremony... This is due to the regularity of the empire. The literacy of the legion itself is also thanks to the good command of the imperial generals such as the Grand Duke Rosario and the Marquis Grant.

Xia Houyan asked himself, if Igor's pioneering army suffered battle damage of the same magnitude, let alone regroup, he, the lord of Shuangfengling, would have been arrested by the enemy long ago and hung up the street lamp:
A regular army backed by the entire empire is, after all, incomparable to a private army in a territory like Shuangfengling.

However, when Xia Houyan peeked at the federal observation team in the corner of the viewing stand, he found that the group of green-skinned orcs were not overwhelmed by the aura displayed by the imperial army—on the contrary, several orc observers looked at the imperial army. The eyes were full of undisguised contempt and mockery, and the blood elf girl even painted her nails with rose oil in a leisurely manner.

This discovery made Xia Houyan's heart tremble.

After the split-form is over, there will be exercises for each arm.

The first opening was the infantry formation exercise of the empire: elite soldiers selected from each battalion of the two armies, armed with halberds and round shields, lined up on the boundless school field of flat sand, and followed the command of the flag soldiers, constantly changing In battle formation.

Whether it was a wedge formation for charging, a square shield formation for defending against arrows, a circular formation for blocking cavalry, or even a centripetal formation for protecting magicians, the imperial soldiers on the school field could be reorganized within ten seconds.

The armors of these hundreds of soldiers reflected the brilliant sunlight, which looked like dots of light from the viewing platform, interspersed and criss-crossed on the Huangsha school field, and the stream flowed endlessly, which was really beautiful.The human nobles on the stage burst into thunderous applause without hesitation, and their national pride was beyond words.

However, those who knew the soldiers at the scene knew in their hearts that on the real battlefield, no troops would have the leeway to freely change their formations like this. It is already considered a battle to be able to barely maintain the existing position under the enemy's impact. The powerful tiger and wolf division.

——The changing formations on the school field are full of ornamental, but in fact they have no actual combat effect. They are just performances to demonstrate the quality and discipline of soldiers.

The federal observers from the other side of the Burning Crystal Canyon obviously knew this too well, and their eyes on the school ground became more and more disdainful.

Immediately after the infantry drills, the charge drill of the "Cleveland Knights", the joint war magic chant of the "Scorching Sun Rose Mage", the horse duel of the "Holy Armored Cavalry Brigade" of the Central Army, and the "Graves of Grace" followed. The tests of "Renwell Annihilator", without exception, failed to arouse the interest of these green-skinned orcs.

——The Federation and the Empire have fought to the death for so many years, and these Federation orcs are the ones who are most familiar with the conventional warfare methods of the Imperial Army.On the school field, although the Central Army and the Eastern Army made the exercise subjects in full swing, they didn't actually come up with anything new, and the orc observers naturally lost interest.

It wasn't until Grand Duke Rosario seconded the "White Death" dwarf musketeer team from Chillbone Mountains that the orc observers straightened their backs on the viewing platform as if they were suddenly awakened.

The exercise subject of the "White Death" team is ultra-long-range shooting: a total of twenty dwarf sharpshooters, each of them leaning on a "Mosin Nagant musket" that is a few minutes longer than their height, staggered in front of them. There was a line on the school field.

——The dwarves living in the cold northern region are naturally addicted to alcohol, Xia Houyan quite suspected that the group of dwarf archers drank half a catty of ale before going on the field.

Legend has it that after the buddies lined up and stood still, a group of imperial soldiers held a target in the shape of an orc, ran to the other side of the school field, inserted the target on the ground, and quickly avoided it with their heads in their hands.

Following the order of the dwarf captain, the group of musketeers quickly raised their muskets and pulled the trigger without taking time to aim.After a series of crisp explosions, the group of dwarves were instantly submerged in the white smoke formed by the deflagration of the gunpowder, while the row of targets on the opposite side of the school field snapped off in unison, and none of them missed.

Xia Houyan stretched out his thumb and calculated it: from the dwarf musketeer to the opposite target, the distance is probably nearly 2000 meters - 100% hit the target at this distance, the shooting skills of these northern dwarves are simply incomparable. Use "magic skills" to describe it!

Like the deeply shocked officials Xiahou, the orc observers on the other side of the viewing platform finally put away their scornful gestures, and their expressions became solemn.Amidst the roaring applause of the human nobles, the head of the orc observers stared at the dwarf sharpshooter on the school field, while the orcs behind him whispered something quickly.

Xia Houyan pondered for a moment, then left his seat under Yisha's surprised gaze, and walked quickly towards the orc observation group.

The head of the orc observers was quite surprised to find the Duke of Frost Maple Ridge approaching—after all, the other human nobles on the viewing platform avoided this group of envoys from the enemy country.However, according to etiquette, he lowered his head and stroked his chest, and saluted the young black-haired lord:
"Master Eliot Igor."

"Hello...you guys." Xia Houyan nodded with a smile, and then nodded to the other orcs behind the leader, "Don't be nervous, I'm just suddenly curious, and I want to come and ask—excuse me, would you What do you think of these dwarf musketeers?"

When the Duke of Shuangfengling asked such a question, the orcs in the observation group were a little stunned.

——Master Elliot Igor, you are a human being!What are you doing instead of communicating with other human nobles and coming over to ask us orcs what they think? !
Are you not afraid of being accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason?

——In fact, several human nobles have already noticed the actions of Lord Shuangfengling, and they also looked shocked.

However, since the human duke had already opened his mouth to ask questions, the orc leader was too embarrassed to keep silent.He pondered for a moment, then answered honestly:

"Master Igor... With all due respect, these dwarf musketeers of your country's Eastern Army are very powerful..."

The orc leader gritted his teeth, then changed the topic: "...But, they are useless on the battlefield."

"Oh?" Xia Houyan asked with great interest, "Why do you think that this group of dwarven musketeers who shoot every shot are useless on the battlefield?"

"Because of their muskets." The leader of the orcs looked directly into the eyes of Lord Frost Maple Ridge, "These dwarves are very accurate, but it takes more than a minute for them to reload their ammunition. Our orcs can allow them to fire a round of guns. , we'd lose a whole platoon of leading wolfriders—but when they're loaded, we orc wolfriders will stick our shiny long knives up their noses."

Xia Houyan let out a "huh", playing with taste:
"So, Mr. Observer, what if our empire deploys more than one row of dwarf musketeers on the battlefield? Let's say—three rows. While the first row fires, the second and third rows reload, and then the first row retreats." Next, the second row stepped forward and fired... How about this?"

The leader of the orc observers tilted his head and thought for a while, and finally grinned and said:
"Then, we only need to pay the price of three rows of wolf cavalry when we charge. Lord Igor, your method is very clever, but please forgive me for being straightforward - the bullets of these dwarf musketeers are not very powerful. They rely on the amazing power of gunpowder - so this is only an army specially designed to deal with cowards! And the people of the God of War will never fear death, let alone a few small projectiles! If your country wants to rely on These dwarven musketeers are victorious, which makes us Union soldiers think too easily."

Xia Houyan nodded, and said solemnly: "You are right, I know the courage of orc warriors very well."

The words of the Duke of Frost Maple Ridge made several federal observers a little embarrassed:
Because they all knew in their hearts that the original "Pride of the God of War" division died so bravely on the Temple Street of Bloodthorn City...

The two were still whispering at the edge of the viewing stand. The dwarf musketeers on the school grounds had already called it a day, and the next one to appear was the "Lancaster" air cavalry regiment under the command of Grand Duke Rosario.

Xia Houyan and the leader of the orc observers stood side by side, watching a whole team of Griffins flutter their wings into the air, first performed a few maneuvers in the gale above the school field, and finally ended the performance with a beautiful dive and bomb—— When they were closest to the ground, these imperial griffins let go of their claws, and threw giant skin bags filled with clear water one by one on the ground, bursting countless crystal waves on the school field.

If it is in actual combat, these skin bags will no longer be filled with clean water, but fuel oil with igniter.

The leader of the orc observers solemnly watched the flight drill of the "Lancaster" air cavalry, and said seriously to the Duke of Shuangfengling next to him:
"Your country's griffin air cavalry are worthy of the title of heroes in the air. If your country's dragon knights are still there, our orc's bipedal dragon cavalry will not be able to win in the air with confidence."

Xia Houyan laughed.

The wording of the leader of the orc observers is very interesting. He said that "if your country's dragon knights are still there", then "there is no surety to win the roost"-but now, even the bear children on the streets of the empire know that the only dragon knight in the empire Baron Wolfgang has already crashed in a plane crash, and the dragon has been destroyed...

Therefore, the implication of the head of the observer is that the current empire has no chance of winning in the air battlefield!

——This is a very domineering and confident judgment;

And the mighty Federation orcs on the battlefield in the east do have the capital to make such an assertion.

However, some people seem to disagree with this...

"Mr. Observer, do you think so?" Grand Duke Grim Rosario walked over slowly and asked in a deep voice.

——Xia Houyan's whispering with the orc envoy obviously did not escape the eyes of the commander of the Eastern Army of the Empire.

And the head of the orc observer's contempt for the empire's combat power naturally also fell into his ears.

Seeing that Grand Duke Rosario also joined the discussion, the leader of the orc observers was slightly taken aback.But he nodded immediately, and replied very seriously:

"Yes, His Excellency Grand Duke Grimm Rosario... I think that if your country resumes war with us, the chances of winning are less than [-]%. And the vast occupied areas currently under the control of our country are telling the fact that these poor troops of your country are obviously not our opponents, the great federation under the eternal protection of the God of War."

As soon as this remark came out, all the surrounding human nobles raised their eyebrows angrily.

——He uttered wild words on the land of mankind, and mentioned the loss of land in the Eastern Territory, which the imperial people were ashamed of...

This green-skinned bastard is too arrogant!

Grand Duke Rosario fell silent as he looked at the orc envoy who seemed to be respectful but spoke with extreme arrogance.After a long time, he let out a long sigh, shook his head and said:
"No, Mr. Observer, you are wrong...'There is no chance of winning'? But, Mr. Observer, I insist that if you and I go to war again, our human odds are much higher than this..."

"Really?" The leader of the orc observers raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Why, respected His Excellency Grand Duke Rosario, do you still have some hidden trump card?"

Grand Duke Rosario smiled slightly, and pointed to the officer Xiahou who was caught off guard beside him:
"No...Mr. Observer, the reason why I think the Empire has a chance of winning is because here, in the Burning Crystal Canyon, there is Mr. Elliot Igor and his elite of Frost Maple Ridge!" Frost Maple Ridge Where there is victory'—I think the tears on the great plains of Dolores, and the blood on Temple Street in Bloodthorn City, speak of this truth."

There was no sound on the viewing platform.

The leader of the orc observers looked at the calm Grand Duke Rosario coldly, and finally sneered:

"Then, your Excellency the Grand Duke Rosario, are you going to put your treasure on the mere 2000 troops brought by Lord Igor? I thought you would be a more mature strategist ..."

"Let's wait and see." Grand Duke Rosario said with a smile, "According to the procedure of the military exercise, the next thing is the military exercise subjects prepared by Lord Igor and the heroes of Frost Maple Ridge... Elliott , you elites from the Land of Cracking Soul will definitely impress this Mr. Beastman Observer on behalf of all the human beings in the empire, right?"

Almost all human nobles looked at Lord Shuangfengling with full expectation.

Xia Houyan opened his mouth in embarrassment, and was about to say something, when the sound of Master Victor Laurie's magical enhancement came from the school field below the stage:

"Next, please enjoy the excerpt from the drama "Mountain of Dust" presented by the Shuangfengling Labor Army Art Troupe..."

(End of this chapter)