Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 228 The army gathers
Sapphire dealt with the Iron Tower, the chief general of the garrison from Xiliang Province, with thunderous means, and shocked a large number of people. Only then did those rebellious generals discover that Sapphire, who seemed amiable on weekdays, turned out to be a The ruthless character suddenly restrained himself a lot.

Nearly 100 years have passed since the last Eight Kings Rebellion in the Far East Dynasty. Except for the small fights in the border areas, the army of the entire dynasty has not experienced war for a hundred years.

The meritorious troops that used to be in the founding of the country are now reduced to playing dogs and birds, unable to fight. This time, taking the opportunity of suppressing the rebellion, Emperor Yongyuan decided to carry out a purge of the army.

The 56 provinces of the dynasty, except for border provinces and distant provinces, each province must send at least one banner regiment to participate in this "hunting" military operation this time.

The original task of the army of each province was to be responsible for the defense, suppression of bandits, public security and other tasks of each province. They belonged to the internal guards. After hundreds of years of development, the provincial defense army has been completely decayed.

Emperor Longyuan is old, and he has to think about his successor. This time, he will pull out some of the troops from various provinces to experience it. After seeing the blood, he can use these people as the skeleton when he encounters a war in the future. , able to quickly form a powerful army.

The emperor's starting point is good, but in the eyes of many discerning people in the ruling and opposition parties, the reform of a country in a fragile period is the most dangerous. If the reform is not good, the country will be in danger of subjugation.

But now the entire Far Eastern Dynasty has come to a time when it has to reform. The Jiuyuan Iron Cavalry was a meritorious army when the country was founded. Its military exploits are so great that it has defeated the surrounding countries. Now it has been completely wiped out by the rebels. This is also exciting. The main reason why Emperor Yongyuan reformed the army, if he did not reform the army, the country would really be in danger of subjugation.

What the emperor didn't know was that the well-behaved princes in front of him had already begun to show their fangs. Although they were in the capital, their tentacles had already extended to various provinces.

This time, it is not so much to reform the garrison of each province as it is to help the princes train their troops and prepare for the future battle for the throne.

Marshal Lan Yu beheaded Iron Tower, a garrison officer from Xiliang Province, in order to tell the princes in this way that in my territory, you had better restrain yourself.

"Sapphire deserves to be killed!" The fourth prince was furious in the mansion.

The [-] garrison troops in Xiliang Province led by Tieta belonged to his forces, and now Lan Yu's beheading of Tieta was equivalent to breaking the fourth prince's arm, so why couldn't he be angry.

"Fourth brother is too sharp, it's unlucky for him to fall into Lan Yu's hands." Some princes gloated and commented after hearing the news.

The minister who was at odds with Lan Yu also laughed at the joke: "This is Lan Yu's bad luck, and she has offended a prince."

Emperor Longyuan owns the largest secret intelligence agency in the country, and someone reported the cause and effect of the incident to his desk immediately. After reading it, he just smiled and threw away the secret letter.

Instead of punishing Lan Yu, the emperor granted Lan Yu the right to make decisions. In the army, no matter whether it was a prince, aristocrat or ordinary soldier, as long as they violated the military order, they could be disposed of by Lan Yu.

In this way, the people who were waiting to see Lan Yu's jokes suddenly died down and stopped clamoring. Now Lan Yu can be said to be a rising star of the dynasty, and whoever offends will be unlucky.

In mid-June, nearly 50 conquest troops had assembled near Wangjing, and there were garrisons within a hundred miles around Wangjing.

Although there are a large number of troops gathered around Wangjing, Lan Yu's army is strictly governed, and soldiers are not allowed to leave the barracks without reason and practice every day. This has spared the villages around Wangjing from military disasters.

The army of the Far East Dynasty is no longer supported by the people like it was a hundred years ago. It is said that the army of the Far East is like a bandit. Therefore, the army of the Dynasty has reached the point where it has to be reformed.

In mid-June, Lan Yu's conquest troops held a grand expedition ceremony in Wangjing.

Although the dynasty army is no longer welcomed by the common people, the large army gathered, and the day of the expedition ceremony was still empty for thousands of people. There were several 10 Wangjing residents who watched the expedition ceremony.

In order to express his determination to exterminate the rebels this time, Emperor Yongyon rarely walked out of the palace and went to the Arc de Triomphe to practice for the soldiers.

Now that the emperor has been dispatched, the princes and nobles of the Manchu Dynasty will naturally not be absent, because there are too many people, and in the end only nobles above the duke and officials above the first rank of the court can climb the city wall and watch the expedition ceremony. Even so, the entire east city wall is still crowded. Take your time.

The expedition ceremony started at [-]:[-] a.m., and the huge red steel formation stretched along the Arc de Triomphe to the end of the sky, with flags waving like an ocean, covering the sky and the sun.

As the commander-in-chief of the conquest force, Lan Yu, wearing bright red armor, a marshal's command knife, and a red cloak, riding on a brown-red war horse, looks arrogant and majestic.

Emperor Longyuan led a group of princes and court officials to step on the tower of the Arc de Triomphe, looking at the endless steel army formation, the old man's cloudy eyes became brighter, his face was rosy, and he pointed at the huge army with great pride : "Who said that the lonely army is rotten, who can stop such an iron army!?"

"The army of the dynasty is invincible, and the rebel army will be wiped out!" Zhou Rulin, the chief assistant of the cabinet, flattered him hastily.

Yang Yanxu, chief of military affairs of the military hall, curled his lips and said nothing. If he said that he could win the battle by flattering him, what would they do with these marshals and generals?

Some princes and nobles whispered earnestly: "It turns out that our army is so powerful, tsk tsk."

"This expedition will definitely win the battle."

"Of course, no one of the rebels can escape wherever the army arrives."

The common people also talked a lot and were overwhelmed by this powerful army. Some of them had never seen so many soldiers in their entire lives.

40 soldiers of the Dynasty Army stood outside the Arc de Triomphe. Their uniforms were neat and their boots were shiny. They straightened their chests and accepted the inspection of the emperor and the people. And proud.

Marshal Sapphire rode out alone, and slowly moved forward along the road paved with red carpet, towards Emperor Longyuan's car.

At the bottom of the steps, Lanyu got off her horse and walked towards Emperor Longyuan along the long temporary stairs. At this moment, Lanyu was the focus of everyone's attention.

"The last general Lan Yu pays homage to my emperor—" Lan Yu knelt down in front of the emperor Long Yuan, and shouted loudly.

Long Yuan smiled and helped Lan Yu up: "Lan Aiqing, I can rest assured that you are leading the army."

Lan Yu hastily thanked him: "The final general will definitely fulfill his mission!"

Emperor Longyuan smiled and handed the seal ribbon and golden sword into Lan Yu's hands, and said: "Lan Aiqing, I will wait for your triumphant return!"

Sapphire bowed down again, with such a huge army, Sapphire also believed that he would be able to succeed immediately.

Looking at this important minister of the empire, both the princes and the nobles around him are envious and jealous. He holds 60 soldiers, which is the highest honor that soldiers have never had in many years.

Lan Yu turned around and faced the conscripting troops in full force, took a deep breath, pulled out the knife from her waist, and pointed at the sky.

"Long live my emperor! The dynasty's army is victorious!"

After Lan Yu finished shouting, her face flushed red, and what responded to him was a wave of shouting.

"Long live my emperor! The dynasty's army is victorious!"

"..."

Facing the sonorous sound of mountains roaring and tsunami, the emperor of the dynasty had never felt so happy. At this moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

"set off!"

Following Sapphire's order, the steel army slowly moved towards the east.

(End of this chapter)