Chapter 106 (2/2)
Xier's Governor-General gritted his teeth in hatred and said, ”bastard! According to the decree of the Empire, the tribes are not to elect a tribal chief, and the tribes must honor His Majesty as the Tribal Chief! They dared to do this, are they not afraid of being executed? I… I will immediately report to the Imperial Capital!”
Camus looked at him with disdain and simply said, ”This incident had already happened The news that I received had not changed and it was delayed by ten days Right now, theto do is to restrain the soldiers and , they will raise their flags in less than a month! The situation in the South is complicated as many of the defenders are also mountain people This is why it is more important to stabilize the troops now! The two of you, Governors-General, please rush back to your respective provinces! I will iive assistance!
Caht now, the proble flame With a small spark, the cities will start to burn! Currently, the Purple Leaf City has thirty thousand defenders A them, ten thousand are mountain people Governor-General, please send soive the order for them to shut down the barracks and make sure that they do not contact anyone from outside!”
Xier's Governor-General was treoing to turn renegade? I… I will iarrison and immediately arrest them all!”
Idiot! Camus scolded in his heart Arrest? They have ten thousand infantries and are well equipped How are you going to arrest them? Your twenty thousand undisciplined defenders would easily be routed by the ferocious mountain people, in just two encounters!
Rody thought for a moment and then he slowly spoke, ”Governor-General, in ht no that thethey will do is to contact the mountain soldiers in the southeast! These soldiers may be affiliated to the Eners If someone incited a rebellion, there will definitely be some of them ill folloever, if we suddenly arrest them first, those who did not plan to revolt will also be forced to revolt!”
Xier's Governor-General ihed and said, ”Yes, yes! Your Excellency the Duke is right! In this case, what do you suggest?”
Rody secretly frowned and said, ”Just follow Caive an order to shut down the barracks! nobody is allowed to enter or leave without peret in contact with anyone from the outside! After that,said that, he looked at Camus and asked, ”Your Excellency Caion?”
Camus showed a coht deeply for a moment and then he replied ”Fifty thousand is the maximuh troops for the Southeast This is because when the mountain tribes finally start their rebellion, the Southeast Legion would be at the frontlines to put down the rebellion!”
Rody nodded his head and said, ”I heard before arriving in the city that there are two large infantry units in the Xier Province One of them is stationed in the Purple Leaf City The other one is divided into five units, with one thousand soldiers each, and were stationed at various regions in Xier Province Aht?”
”Yes” Xier's Governor General immediately nodded his head He then bowed and said, ”Your Excellency the Duke is clear in understanding the minute details!”
Rody calinally caathered any infor fooled by all of you, corrupted officials
He then looked at the other two Governors-General The other two immediately noticed hiarrison”
”I have five thousand people at my place but they are all reserve army”
Rody secretly sighed and could not help but cursed in his heart These useless garrisons! They knew that the mountain barbarians are ready to create trouble and yet they still dared to recruit so many mountain people as their defenders! It is obvious that if these mountain people want to revolt, they may even provide weapons to the enemy! They are really extremely stupid!
Rody did not know that there had been no wars in the South for ten years and the military discipline had become lax The officers were corrupted but were not overboard because of Camus' presence As a result, they could only ski the mountain people The military salary of the mountain people was much lower than the soldiers of the Empire There were a lot of cases like this In order to fill their pockets, the military officers did not care that ht that the mountain people had already surrendered for so er revolt There were even those that yelled the nonsensical slogan, 'Utilize barbaric methods to rule the barbarians' They did not know that that method was feasible only if it was applied under an extre central leadershi+p That was because there was a strong army that could be used as a backup as deterrence Thatmethods to support it
However, the current strength of the Empire eak and the defenders were scattered The swords in their hands were blunt and yet they still shouted the slogan of ”utilize barbaric methods to rule barbarians” Moreover, they took the initiative of giving swords to the eneainst them when the need arise
According to Rody's rough calculation, in the three Southeast provinces, the local garrisons had about one hundred thousand defenders, out of which thirty thousand were mountain people The ratio of population was also about at this level However, when Rody thought of false ht not be accurate
Rody did not want to bother thatas a Duke he requested the other two Governors-General to leave Purple Leaf City and return to their respective provinces
Caion's cavalry when he was on the way to the city and the cavalry aiting outside the city At his own discretion, he had earlier already dispatched twenty thousand soldiers to the other two provinces in the Southeast to assist the local Governors-General
After Camus had briefed them, he immediately left the city When he left, he casually nodded his head to Rody but he did not look at Xier's Governor-General at all
After Caone, Xier's Governor-General felt unhappy He coldly snorted and said, ”This Camus! He did not show any respect for Your Excellency the Duke, at all!”
Rody cal respect for ry because he did not show respect for you Rody calent His Excellency Camus is busy with important matters”
Xier's Governor-General tried to flatter Rody, so he just laughed aardly
That afternoon, an order was passed from the Governor-General'sstrict precautions
Rody took Randt with him and quietly looked around the streets He saw the local defenders running around the Purple Leaf City in a disorderly manner Besides that, many of the local defenders took the opportunity to blackmail the ritted his teeth This kind of army does not even need to wait for theas there is a mutiny from the mountain defenders, the Purple Leaf City will immediately be lost!
Rody looked at the huge city walls that were like a fortress and sighed in his heart as he thought What is the use of tall city walls? With lousy personnel, the walls are just decoration! Looking at the behavior and actions of the three Governors-General and the other noble officers, saying that they can properlyover the Southeast, half of the money used to construct the walls would have entered the pockets of the corrupted officers It is similar to Watt Fortress A wall that is supposed to be twelve meters tall is actually less than ten meters