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Chapter 1470 Conquering the Empire (16)

Speaking of this, seeing the governor silently contemplating, he couldn't help saying in surprise: "My lord father, are you planning to act according to what is said here?"

The governor glanced at his son and said, "Are you stupid? How could I do it! Forget that I always urge you not to mess with the request to participate in royal affairs? We must not obey the order, otherwise it will be regarded as a The crown prince's troops! Don't forget that there is a strong Seventh Prince in Haiquan province next door!"

The governor's son immediately nodded and said, "It's the son who is ignorant, but what is the rule that the father was thinking about just now?"

The governor pointed to the document in his son's hand and said, "I'm thinking about the reason why the other party did this. I think the adults in the imperial capital should be very clear that there are few people in the world who will follow orders."

The Governor's son thought for a while and said, "You said that the Imperial City is taking this opportunity to see who can be their ally?"

"Ok?"

The governor's eyes lit up: "It's very likely that's what it means. The emperor uses this order to distinguish between friends and foes." As he spoke, he looked at his son with great satisfaction. His son has made progress recently.

"Then what should we do? The imperial capital has been silent for such a long time, and they dare to issue such an order, which means that they are ready to attack the enemy's forces. Now they are using this trick to see who is the enemy and who is the ally." " said the governor's son a little nervously.

The governor shook his head and said: "Not allies, but to see who is loyal to the crown prince of the imperial capital, not loyal to him, even those who are loyal to the empire are also traitors of the country, this is the prelude to the second round of standing in line , probably to give those who did not stand well in the first round a chance to choose again."

"Then we..." The governor's son was still tempted, but he was interrupted by the governor's cold stare before he finished speaking.

"Hmph, don't think about prosperity and wealth all day long! In this chaotic era, the families of the rich and powerful are more likely to be wiped out than the families of the rich."

The governor glared at his son angrily, and then said with determination: "In order to stop your thinking, if anyone in our coastal province obeys the order of the imperial capital, I will give up the position of governor to the first one who obeys the order." If you don’t want money, give it to him!”

The governor's son is dumbfounded, isn't he?Doesn't this mean that the days for me to enjoy the status of less governor are even shorter?

Zhao Hu also received the order from the imperial capital that was spread all over the world. After reading the order that did not specifically designate any recipients, Zhao Hu stroked the seal and signature on the order, sighed and said: "According to the order." , it can be regarded as a face to the marshal."

"Yes."

Zhou Wen accepted the order very easily. He didn't think that following the requirements of the order would cause any trouble to his master.

The Seventh Prince of Haiquan Province next door?Others don't know it, but I know it very well. It's just a puppet who performed well for the safety of his life.As for the real person in charge, hehe, even if he doesn't come to cause trouble, the owner of the house will still find trouble with him.

The Augustus Empire, which was originally proud of the world, fell into chaos amid the secret joy of many ambitious people, but the people of the empire who lived in the years of warlords and melees did not have as many ambitions as the rich and powerful.

They usually have their wives and children by their side, covered by thatched huts, wearing single clothes, able to fill their stomachs, and their biggest ambition is to live a life without worrying about basic necessities of life.

Therefore, the people of the empire are generally not interested, and they don't have the ability to care which side the king's flag changes on the top of the city. thing.

The thing that attracted the attention of the world was that the people in power in the imperial capital of the Augustus Empire suddenly sent tens of thousands of envoys to all parts of the country with an order. Hand it over to all the famous and famous local warlords, dignitaries and local tyrants.Due to the large number of envoys, all of whom were imperial envoys, and all the way to publicize the orders they carried, so although some of them were murdered by careerists and conspirators on the road, the people all over the world who let these envoys know Know the content of the order.

The people of the empire just treated this order as a topic of chatting, and of course some people who were loyal to the empire were extremely excited.

The warlords who held military power either threw the order aside and ignored it, or they laughed at the wishful thinking of those who issued the order.And those princes and princesses clamored that the person who did not recognize the order was qualified to issue the order, and demanded to stop this arrogance immediately!

But although everyone in the world has their own ideas, everyone opened their eyes and raised their ears to see which idiot would accept this order.

Why do you say that the one who accepted this order was a fool?It's very simple, because this order requires warlords from all over the country to report to the imperial capital truthfully the military system under their command, that is, they need to truthfully report how many officers and soldiers they have, what equipment they have, and the origins of the officers and soldiers.

If this is the case alone, it is estimated that most of the warlords will report, and if the empire is willing to admit the establishment and be responsible for supplies, I believe that all the warlords will rush to report.

It's a pity that the order clearly requires that after reporting the establishment, the imperial capital will determine the size of the establishment and require the troops to obey the imperial capital's order.Although the document did not mention whether the imperial capital was responsible for the supplies, one only had to think about the isolated island of the imperial capital. Even if the imperial capital was willing to be responsible for the supplies, it would definitely not be able to send them out.

God, once these conditions come out, won't it be worse than the previous regular army era?In this case, who is willing to do it for someone who has already become a warlord?Anyone who wants to do it is a fool!

Just when everyone was discussing whether there were any idiots in the entire empire, a warlord suddenly appeared in the seaside province on the border of the empire and expressed his willingness to obey the order, and sent people to send the army establishment and the register of officers and soldiers to the imperial capital.

Facing this group of envoys who hung the banner and rode their horses towards the imperial capital with all kinds of swagger, the people and officials on the way were curious about the name of that idiot.

In this way, the name of Colonel Zhao Hu spread throughout the entire empire by taking this opportunity.Of course, at this moment, the word Zhao Hu is synonymous with a fool.

The imperial capital of the Augustus Empire, the imperial palace.

The eunuch in charge rushed past the main hall of the palace, which was being decorated, and came to the door of the side hall where the ministers were allowed to rest before the meeting. Only then did he slow down, take a few breaths to calm his rapid heartbeat, and did not arrange his clothes, his head was covered in sweat He rushed in and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, there is news!"

The crown prince who was worrying was shocked and immediately asked, "What news?"

"Your Highness, in the coastal province on the border of the empire, there is a colonel named Zhao Hu who expressed his willingness to obey orders! This is the military establishment and household registration information that Colonel Zhao Hu reported just now." The chief eunuch knelt on the ground and brought With a happy expression, he offered the scroll with both hands.

The crown prince was obviously satisfied with the performance of the eunuch in charge of the inner palace, and when he picked up the scroll, he praised it casually.

It's no wonder that the Crown Prince is thinking of boasting first before reading the scroll. Just now the chief eunuch has already explained the identity of this warlord who obeys orders.A colonel in a frontier province of the empire——In this era when warlords are everywhere and everyone dares to call themselves a general, how good can a guy who only dares to call himself a colonel be?

In the crown prince's heart, this Colonel Zhao Hu must be a pitifully weak little warlord, and he doesn't need to care about it by using the tiger skin that obeys the orders of the empire to frighten the surrounding warlords.

Shen Kui was in his own thoughts, and the self-righteous crown prince didn't notice that when the chief eunuch said Zhao Hu's name, two of the four ministers present changed their expressions.If the crown prince noticed this, his mind would definitely change accordingly.

Although the crown prince is not interested in joining a small colonel, he is the first warlord to declare to the world that he is on his side. Be well rewarded.This method is based on the allusion of someone in the ancient country of the Far East buying a pair of horse bones with [-] gold coins and expressing his love for horses to the world.

The crown prince, who didn't really care much in his heart, opened the scroll and read it himself in order to show his importance. The beginning was all polite words, and everyone didn't pay attention to it. When the crown prince read: "Two infantry brigades? There are only [-] people, hehe, there is not even half a division." The Crown Prince couldn't help but shook his head.But when he saw the information below, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "A cavalry from a regiment? Well, yes, the strength is not bad."

No wonder the crown prince appreciated it so much. Although it was very easy for the empire to pull out [-] cavalry in the past, and they had done things to counterattack the prairie, the last time the three legions were wiped out in the prairie, most of the imperial war horses disappeared out of thin air. The rarity has increased a lot now.

Moreover, in this era of legion separatism, the remaining war horses have long been divided up. Even if the imperial capital has money, people, and goods, it takes a lot of hard work to produce only one cavalry division. A small place can have a joint army. The cavalry of the team is indeed a very remarkable thing.

(End of this chapter)