Chapter 237 (1/2)

Chapter 237 “in”

The news of Du Wei going off to “reward” the Northwest Army really did spread like wildfire For those that didn’t know the ins and outs of the whole situation, these ignorant fools really thought the Northwest Arreat merit

Although the Tulip soldiers held so influence over these people eventually suppressed any grudge roah the ranks

Spending over two days to prepare the huge gift, Du Wei then had Alpha attach theas high as seven to eighthorses, Du Wei intends tohim to the enemy’s roost

Some had raised doubts over the shts for this: “I’ 200 or 2000 won’t make any difference when the other party has over 200,000 soldiers standing by”

As he closed in to the Nuling Province, he made sure to openly display the banner; in fact, he was so forceful about showing it off that even the neighboring villages outside his travel route got wind of it

This was especially true when he finally entered Nuling Province Out of his own deliberation, he intentionally slowed down his pace to test the water because he wanted to know the Northwest Ar

Though Governor Bohan didn’t make an appearance when Du Wei entered the old man’s territory, but this loyal subject of the earrison forces that they are to protect Du Wei and his convoy along the way

Back when the battle for Anglia City came to an end, Du Wei’s aid, Philip, already rushed over with a letter written by Bohan hi before the battle began, but because he wasn’t in Loulan City, the matter was pushed back

As for the context inside the letter, it washow Governor Bohan went ahead and sent his own troops into Du Wei’s territory without per the Desa Province

Other than that, there wasn’t much else besides one other phrase: “For the state!”

Bohan believed that even if he doesn’t explain it in detail, Du Wei would still be able to grasp thebehind that one phrase

Just like how the old man predicted, Du Wei’s first reaction when he read the letter was appreciation and gratitude

“My Lord, ill soon be inside the Northwest Army’s sphere of influence after we pass that s next to Du Wei, Philip was looking out the ith a faint sadness on his face: “Since I brought it up, I really feel sorry for Governor Bohan HeProvince, but he only controls about half the province under his name Also, he’s constantly under the pressure of the Northwest Army stationed inside his territory; it must be difficult for him”

“Oh?” Du Wei gave a faint smile

Phillip points his finger out theand sighed: “Your dukeshi+p, look outside…… To be honest, the more I learn about the terrain and state of affair in the Northwest, theat it fro Province is way better than our Desa Province At the very least, they don’t have to worry about the threat of the natives because we are there to act as a buffer Then looking at the land, Nuling is way more fertile than our Desa Province You can see it in their population; it’s twice the size of our province! Though with your dukeshi+p’s wealth, money and food isn’t an issue you can’t solve; however, the main problem we have is our soldiers!”

When he got up to this point, Philip looked towards Du Wei to see if he should continue Seeing there was no discontent on his lord’s face, Philip felt it was safe to continue speaking: “My lord, even if we round up the numbers in our rank, the soldiers under our command is at best 20,000 I know you are a bit dissatisfied with the recruitbottom, but you should also think about it There are only so much people in our territory, 800,000 to be exact Even if we openly recruited, how et? Let’s assume every family out there contributed their most abled body man to the cause… Let’s not discuss the possibility of that happening… But if it did, the nu to the calculation of me and e Discounting the old, the young, and the wo men, but such a feat would no doubt cause panic to those down below! Unless it was a life or death situation, that idea is out of the question”

Nodding in acknowledgement, Du Wei didn’t rebuke because he already knew all this way before Philip brought it up

Considering the population in his own territory, the idea of creating a 200,000 strong army is extremely difficult

“More ier problem on our hand” Phillip smiles wryly: “Even if ant to recruit soldiers, on’t be able to out recruit the Northwest Aret the wartime decree?”

Standing between two provinces, the Northwest Army may have over 200,000 soldiers under their banner, but life and death is so unavoidable, as such, there will always be new and retiring soldiers antic entity

Of course, the biggest influx of flesh blood is usually derived fro in the Northwest

In accordance with the war time decree, once every two years, the Northwest Army is permitted to recruit new soldiers in order to replenish their ranks Even … The wartiets priority over the new recruits if the arrison forces