From the pure blood dragon clan, I started to become a human being

Chapter 139 Black Letter
Duke's residence, study.

Jiang Yuan read the letters carefully. Unless there was a serious situation, Titus usually wouldn't bother him with letters. The last time he received a black letter was when the nobles in the Fortress County launched a large-scale rebellion.

The letter mentioned that Will recently led his troops to encircle and suppress a bandit stronghold. This was originally a very common thing. However, during the encirclement and suppression process, the troops encountered fierce resistance. The number of soldiers hidden in the enemy's stronghold greatly exceeded expectations. 3000 people and There were nearly five hundred horses, and more than half of them were armored warriors.

It is difficult for a viscount-level noble to form a private army of this size. The focus is on horses and armor coverage, which means that the enemy has sufficient logistics capabilities. More importantly, the intelligence given by the sentry troops is seriously inconsistent, and before the encirclement and suppression, the enemy There is already an intention to transfer.

Theus made it clear: There was an internal problem.

After the siege, based on the clues collected and the interrogation of prisoners, Theus had determined that the mastermind behind the scenes was related to the Southern Resistance Army and Anning Road. The two had begun infiltrating the Northland more than ten years ago, and conducted in-depth cooperation.

Buy equally, sell equally, and never pay for food. This is the slogan of the Southern Resistance Army. For today's empire, this slogan is very tempting. However, in order to increase the population in recent years, the tax level in the North has been relatively low, which has prevented hidden dangers. burst out.

The Resistance Army and Anning Road are both powerful forces with strong corrosive capabilities. As of now, Theus has not determined the upper limit of internal problems, but one thing is certain, that is, there are traitors among the top leaders.

The previous activities of the two did not attract Theus's attention, which shows that someone at the top suppressed the relevant events.

This is the drawback of rapid expansion. Although the duchy seems vast, the Theius family's control is relatively insufficient. The time is still short and sufficient authority has not been formed. It stands to reason that this process will take at least several decades.

From another perspective, there may be variables in the 25 elite troops as a whole. After all, the soldiers are recruited locally and will inevitably be affected by the surrounding environment.

At the end of the letter, Theus emphasized that security should be paid attention to in the near future. The enemy's initial strategic goal was probably to create a riot that would be enough to prevent the 15 border troops from going south to counter the rebellion when the rebels and An Ning Road launched their troops. The activities of the rebels have become more frequent recently. , indicating from the side that this strategy may be close to success.

One of the functions of the night attack is to undermine the prestige of the empire and take away the high-end combat power of the imperial capital. It can be regarded as the final warm-up for the southern troops.

If Midgard dies, the Northland will collapse in an instant. The duchy, which was just a few years old, is both strong and fragile. Most of its cohesion comes from the identity of the right minister who holds a high position in the imperial capital.

Titus bluntly said that Chitong is a general-level combatant with weapons in hand. Under the premise of receiving strict training and actual combat, she is fully qualified to act as a bodyguard. The most important thing is that she is trustworthy. Even if family sentiment is not taken into account, as long as someone There was no thought of marriage and there was no possible new heir, so she had no reason to betray.

After all, from a high enough perspective, the Southern Resistance Army is obviously not as wise as advertised, because they do not have a fixed food production area. In order to maintain the operation of a huge organization, they must adopt alternative methods, and there is no situation where their ideals fit.

As for Black Tong, he will receive the most comprehensive protection. Once Red Tong dies, there will be at least one alternative successor.

Jiang Yuan's palms began to burn with flames, and the letters turned into ashes and drifted away. In addition to the news about Titus, he also knew that the resistance in the original timeline had cooperated with the alien nations in the northwest.

At the cost of returning the land occupied during the Zhongxing era, foreign nations attacked the Northwest Frontier Corps and major counties and cities.

Looking back, it seems that there is a big net behind the empire that is slowly tightening in the dark.

Five years ago, 30 foreigners from the Northland rode south, and the Norfolk family rebelled at the same time. Under normal circumstances, without Esdeath, the Empire's most elite Second Army and the Northland Frontier Army might have been wiped out.

The Southwest Rebellion happened to hit the critical period of the succession of the throne. To this day, the southwest of the empire is still unable to restore its war potential and effective rule. The impact of the massacre of thousands of miles is too bad.

The princes met each other in battle, resulting in heavy casualties among the elite veterans of the central army. A large number of soldiers and grassroots officers retired and rebelled against the countryside. Even if they could only rely on teaching the young men in the village in exchange for rations, they were unwilling to fight for the empire anymore. "Who could it be?" Jiang Yuan tapped on the table. It had little to do with him how bad the empire was. He was even happy to see this happen. He was the high-level traitor who should be dealt with most at the moment.

"I won't eat it." Jiang Yuan raised his hand to reject the barbecue offered by the little girl.

"Uncle, what does father need from me?" Chitong asked curiously.

"The autumn and winter seasons in the North are not interesting. He asked you to come here to play for a few months. You can move around freely. Remember to bring a team of guards when you go out." Jiang Yuan replied calmly. The little girl has escaped from her original destiny. A general-level person is in the imperial capital. Nei can still act as he pleases. He only taught the other party three things in the past.

The first is to reveal the family crest when encountering a problem, the second is to run away if you can't fight, and the third is to respect the fate of others. As long as you master these three points, you can basically avoid [-]% of troubles and dangers.

"I understand, uncle, can you spar with me when you have time?" Chitong asked after swallowing the food.

"No time." Jiang Yuan took out a bag of gold coins from the desk drawer and threw it over, saying, "The task must be completed within a week. Your frugality will only make outsiders think that our relationship is bad."

Chitong blinked, it was a bit troublesome, she didn't have much to spend money on, but if it was a mission, then go to the chamber of commerce that sells dangerous meat.

Jiang Yuan took out the banknotes and started writing a list. Titus would definitely screen out the suspects. Comparing the two, they might be able to narrow down the list a lot.

There are more than a dozen names listed on it, all of them are senior officials of various ministries in the duchy. There are more people involved in logistics and internal affairs, because the resistance army and the off-site activities of Anning Road rely more on food, grass and military supplies.

The list also involved military generals. Jiang Yuan recalled an incident five or six years ago. The interest group behind Viscount Abel once committed large-scale corruption, so Renne was also suspected, but it only involved the military's handling of the matter. The method needs to be cautious, after all, Renne is already the commander of a legion of 2 people.

Not long after, Chelsea brought twelve beautiful women into the study. Chi Tong couldn't help but be shocked. She knew that her bloodline was relatively weak, but it was really hard work for her uncle to work so hard.

These women look very different from the Imperial people. Their skin is bronze and the pores are slightly larger, but their faces are very attractive, their bodies are plump, and their muscles are smooth.

Jiang Yuan looked up for a moment, nodded, and Chelsea led the women out of the study.

"The beauties from the foreign ethnic groups in the southwest are paying tribute to the empire. The little emperor has recently become interested in government affairs. I am going to take this opportunity to find something for him to do. There are 120 of them in total. You can pick a group if you like."

Chitong shook her head quickly, what did she want these women to do.

Jiang Yuan lowered his eyelids and said a rare word of advice, "Don't be burdened. They are all of noble blood there. There was a rebellion in the southwest five years ago. Since the local nobles reaped the benefits, they should pay the price."

Chitong didn't care much about these origins. She left the chair and squatted down, raising her head slightly to look directly into someone's downcast gaze.

"Uncle, you must be excited."

"You read it wrong."

(End of this chapter)