Chapter 268 Chapter 238 Northwest Lugao

When the convoy reached Helan City in Nulin Province, Governor Bohan's garrison escorted by the army had already turned around and left. This Helan City can also be regarded as a big city in Nulin Province, backed by a Helan Mountain, which is a small mountain on the edge of the Kilimaro Mountains.However, such a small tail dragged out of the Kilimaro Mountains was impartial and happened to stop in the middle of Nulin Province. Coincidentally, it cut a Nulin Province into two. For a long time, although Governor Bohan and the Northwest Army did not make it clear, everyone maintained a tacit understanding. The two sides took Helan City as the boundary. The north of Helan City in Nulin Province was the territory of the Northwest Army, and the south was the territory of Governor Bohan.

Helan City is controlled by the Northwest Army.When the distance from the city was still more than ten miles away, the cavalry escort sent by Governor Bohan had just withdrawn, and the sound of horseshoes came from the direction of Helan City in the distance. A cavalry team of thousands of Northwest Army raised a black flag and ran over, but this time they were much more polite. One of the Duke's generals wants to see the Duke. Du Wei got off the carriage and saw that he was an old acquaintance. General Dodoluo, who is in charge of the Northwest Army's logistics and military supplies, looks a little more oily on his face, probably because he took advantage of this spring drill to get military pay from Governor Bohan.

This fat man who has dealt with Du Wei several times is still quite familiar with Du Wei. When he came to Du Wei to ask for military salary a few times before, Du Wei didn't show him any face, and according to the official practice, he It also took some benefits.From top to bottom in the Northwest Army, this wretched fat man is probably the person who has the closest relationship with Du Wei.Asking him to lead the troops to meet him is considered a suitable candidate. "Lord Duke, long time no see." Duoduo got off his horse and came to Du Wei, saluted, then walked over enthusiastically, took Du Wei's hand and said with a smile: "My lord, I didn't expect you to come to visit me, I have been waiting in Helan City for a day under the order of the head of the army."

Since he came here to be a guest this time, although Du Wei hated the Northwest Army in his heart, he still had a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "I'm only worried about coming too recklessly, uninvited guests, Will General Lu Gao think I'm rude?" The two said a few words that were not nutritious. Du Wei observed his words, but he looked at this fat as a pig, and he used his eyes to roll around. It was obvious that he was carefully looking at Du Wei's convoy, and there was a sense of vigilance in his eyes from time to time. But Du Wei wasn't afraid of his inspection. Anyway, there was nothing hidden in his motorcade. This time, Du Wei came to pay his respects to the pier in a very ostentatious manner.By the way... cause trouble.

I thought to myself: I didn't bring any dangerous goods in the convoy, but...in two days, a dragon will arrive by air! Duoduo looked around, and found that there were only two or three hundred people in Du Wei's convoy, and there were only three or four carriages, so there was nothing to see.After watching it for a long time, I became a little interested in Du Wei's coachman. "Yi? Lord Duke, I never thought you would like to use this barbarian from Nanyang." Dodoluo smiled, and said in a low voice: "General Lu Gao likes it too, and recently got some beautiful female slaves from Nanyang, Lord Duke. Coincidentally, I'm lucky enough to meet you."

Du Wei smiled and said nothing, Dodoro slapped his head, pretending to be a slip of the tongue, and said with a smile: "Damn it! I'm talking too much! I heard that the Duke is favored by the Marquise Liszt. There is the most beautiful woman in the mainland, the Marquise Ordinary vulgar fans, how can they get into your eyes." When he said this, his eyes kept observing Du Wei's reaction, and Du Wei smiled without explaining anything, and said casually: "General Duoduo was joking, but you can still see beautiful women from Nanyang here in the northwest." , it seems that General Lu Gao is also in my way!"

With that said, he was about to pull Duodoro into the carriage. Dodoluo didn't have much real military temperament. In the Northwest Army, he was more like a financial steward. Since he had a comfortable carriage, he would not insist on riding a horse. He smiled and followed Du Wei on him. This luxurious and comfortable carriage, he immediately praised the decoration inside. When Du Wei took out the good wine in the dark under the seat, the guy drank it twice and sighed comfortably: "Good wine! Such good wine is rarely available in this impoverished place in Northwest China. .” Du Wei smiled slightly: "This wine is also brewed with a kind of fruit from Nanyang. If General Dodoluo likes it, I still have some at home. I'll just ask someone to send you two boxes later."

Duo Duo thanked again and again, but Du Wei suddenly said lightly: "It's just that the general is the chief steward of the Northwest Army, and he is in charge of eating and drinking for an army of 200,000 troops. The things in my mansion are strange to others. From the general's point of view, I'm afraid it's nothing more than that." "Where is there!" Dodoro was very polite, suddenly sighed in a low voice, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Master Duke, you are laughing at me, my position looks beautiful, but in fact I am a bellows mouse who is angry on both sides, and comes to you everywhere Asking for money from Governor Bohan, I lost my face, and I also had to deal with the generals of the various divisions in the legion asking for money and food. , it’s pretty good.”

Du Wei's heart suddenly moved: "As you said just now, General Lu Gao bought some beautiful female slaves recently... must be yours too?" "That's not it!" Speaking of women, Dotara's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Although the skin of Nanyang women is slightly darker than that of our imperial people, the skin is really thin and smooth to the touch, just like It's like satin. It's rare to be obedient and supple, and there are so many wonderful things... Hehe, if your lord is interested... Ah, no, no, I made a mistake. Your lord, you can even get such a good wine from Nanyang I heard that your business in the imperial capital is very big, and the female slaves in Nanyang may be a piece of cake for you."

Du Wei's heart skipped a beat... Looking at this fat man, is he asking me for a bribe? He remained calm and said with a smile: "It's really not difficult. But me...you know, I'm a magician, and I'm not very interested in women's sex. But I really want to be a slave in Nanyang. As many as you want. General Dodoro, if you are interested, I will send a few people over later, and send them to your camp together with this Nanyang fine wine. It will be a pleasure to taste the fine wine and hug the beauties." Dodoluo's eyes narrowed with a smile, but Du Wei added lightly: "By the way, since General Lu Gao let you buy a batch of beautiful female slaves, you must share some of them, I'm afraid I will give you The female slaves I got may not be as good as the ones sent by the general."

Dotolo's face changed slightly on the spot, but he covered it up in an instant, and laughed at himself casually: "Where is it! What is my identity, Dotolo, but I am just a housekeeper. Those female slaves were bought by the general to reward a few How can I have a share in the hard work of a general." This man doesn't look like a soldier, but a full-fledged philistine businessman!Du Wei's inner evaluation of this Duoduo was once again conclusive. Such a guy, if Lu Gao really rebelled, such a person may not be determined to rebel with Lu Gao.Maybe you can start with him and find out the details of the Northwest Army. I'm not afraid that you are greedy, but I am afraid that I don't know what you are greedy for! As the carriage moved forward, Du Wei ordered not to stop at Helan City, but went directly to the camp of the Northwest Army.Anyway, with the cavalry protection of the Northwest Army, he was not afraid of any safety problems along the way. Du Wei thought that the day was almost over, so he rushed to the Northwest Army camp early, in case the second prince of the Dragon King arrived halfway. ... In just two days, Duoduo was full of praise for Du Wei's enjoyment of this gorgeous carriage.Du Wei's carriage was presented by Prince Chen, so it is naturally extremely luxurious, especially Du Wei spared no expense to build a wind magic circle under the carriage, which reduces the bumps and vibrations and greatly increases the comfort.In addition to the things in the car, fine wine and food are even more readily available. Dotara, who lives in the bitter cold place in the northwest, has ever had this kind of enjoyment?Although he made a lot of money by taking advantage of the chief's military resources, he didn't dare to go too far in the Northwest Army. At best, he was just a small local rich man. Moreover, although people like to enjoy themselves in the military camp, they dare not be blatant because of military regulations. Along the way, if it wasn't because of Du Wei's status, Dodolo even thought that if he could invite a few more beautiful women in this luxurious carriage, then the car would be full of beauties, beauties, food, wine, and so on. Le, Hu Tianhudi, then you will be really happy. Finally, two days later, we arrived at the Northwest Army's base camp "Watt Fortress". This is a permanent military fortress, a military city built completely according to the standards of a medium-sized city in the empire.According to the first-class fortress of the imperial military system, the city wall should be twelve meters high, but Du Wei saw at a glance that the city wall was at least fifteen meters high.It seems that the Northwest Army spared no expense in building its own headquarters. The city wall is built with the most solid boulder in the northwest. The round city wall with a tall bust is extremely strong in defense.Looking from a distance, there are actually some small catapults placed on the city wall. As for the bow and arrow ballista, let alone. Outside the walls of the Watt Fortress, there are several large military camps around, where the army exercises on weekdays, as well as a cavalry training ground, a large-scale horse farm for feeding horses, and a forage field.In the city, it looks like a purely military city. The Northwest Army has been operating here for many years, and most of the residents in the city are family members of General Lu Gao of the Northwest Army.In order to maintain the loyalty of the direct line army, Lu Gao often moved the entire family of the soldiers to Watt Fortress. In this way, the direct line army became his subordinate soldiers under his nose. But in this militarized city, you can see people coming and going, most of them are soldiers of the Northwest Army, and they are all going out on a shift. Although they are wearing casual clothes, the way they walk is full of killings in the army. Qi. Even the family members of the soldiers in the city are dressed plainly and come and go in a hurry.The city is in good order, and there are cavalry patrols from the Northwest Army, and the horseshoes are clanging. When Du Wei's convoy just arrived at the gate of the city, they got off the carriage voluntarily.He made a high-profile visit this time, and he didn't care about the things on the shelves.Let people raise that pennant high up.The carriage with the flagpole was ordered by Du Wei to go to the front of the convoy. Du Wei and Duoduo also changed to riding horses, and they walked side by side, sitting on the horse, and Duotuo introduced the military fortress to Du Wei from time to time. Suddenly, Du Wei saw a domed building on a relatively wide street in the distance. On the building, a sign hung high, and on the wall of the building, the colorful patterned glass windows , and the hanging cloth vines full of sacred flavor... "Yi?" Du Wei was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile, "Is there a religious place for a temple here?" "Your Excellency, you are joking." Dodoro looked serious, and he did not dare to joke when it came to the temple. Believers of the temple. In the empire, whoever holds a high position does not believe in gods?" Du Wei nodded, but thought in his heart: I don't believe it. ... When the team advanced into the city, there was the sound of horseshoes in front of them. Du Wei had been in the northwest for a long time, and he had learned to recognize some information from the sound of horseshoes.Although the sound of horseshoes is dense, it has a neat rhythm. Obviously, the opponent still maintains a neat queue and rhythm while galloping. Sure enough, on the street in the distance, a group of black armored cavalry was rushing all the way. All the pedestrians on the road saw it from a distance, and stepped back to avoid it. Bending deeply, showing great respect. The equipment of this group of black-armored cavalry is obviously different from the cavalry of the Northwest Army that Du Wei saw. The horses are all carefully selected excellent war horses. From a distance, all the knights on the horses are full of sturdy aura. They are obviously warriors who have experienced many battles. The kind of real murderous aura and chill that can only be purified by truly experiencing the mountains of corpses and seas of blood! When Du Wei saw the outfits of these knights, he immediately remembered Alpha's report to him.The black armored cavalry of the Northwest Army who intercepted and killed the golden wolf head halfway, weren't they the same people? Seeing that this group of cavalry had rushed in front of them, they stopped suddenly when they were less than 50 meters away from Du Wei's convoy.The leader was a young knight, with an iron mask on his face, standing proudly on the horse. Du Wei immediately felt a bunch of cold eyes sweeping towards him, and stayed on him for a long time. "General Dodoro, I heard that you are going to welcome the distinguished guests. The person next to you must be the famous Duke Tulip." This young knight has a very melodious voice.However, Du Wei's heart suddenly jumped! The instinctive, mental reaction made Du Wei feel very uncomfortable about this young knight.Although the other party's voice was peaceful, it carried an indescribable chill. "I am Du Wei Rudolph." Du Wei smiled slightly, rode his horse up and looked at the young knight: "Your Excellency?" Dodoluo hurriedly said loudly: "Your Excellency, this is the son of our General Lu Gao..." "My name is Sebasta." The young knight announced his name, his eyes fixed on Du Wei, and there was a weird smile on his mouth that seemed to be the same as when he cut off the head of the golden wolf, and he owed a little while sitting on the horse. Body: "Your Excellency, please forgive my military order, so I can't dismount to salute. I have admired Your Excellency for a long time. You are known as the number one powerhouse of the younger generation on the mainland. After you came to the Northwest, you created miracles continuously. I have admired you for a long time, and I always want to get your advice." Du Wei said a few words politely, but the young knight suddenly smiled and said: "This time you come to Watt City, you must stay for a few more days, so that I have a chance to ask you for advice. In fact... I am very interested in magical magic. I am also very interested, how can I let go of such a rare opportunity to have a famous magician like you come here? Please don't turn me away." Du Wei smiled, but he didn't say anything. Sebasta had already made a knight's salute to Du Wei immediately, then turned around and said, "Go ahead. If you feel Helan City before dark, behead those who are left behind!" After finishing speaking, he led people past Du Wei's convoy and left quickly. Dodoro wiped his sweat, smiled wryly and said, "My lord, please don't take offense. Our major general has always been like this. Even if he meets General Lu Gao himself, he still has the same attitude..." Du Wei said a few words politely. Duoduo then took Du Wei to the handsome mansion in the city.This handsome mansion is built in a very grand style, but it is not that luxurious, but full of simplicity and majesty, without fancy carvings and decorations. All the buildings are built with huge stones, full of a rough taste. Dodoluo quickly sent someone in to report, and watching Dodoluo go away, Du Wei suddenly whispered to a cavalry guard standing behind him: "Hey, let me tell you, the wanted criminal... that kid just now is comparable to the one I met back then." When you are here, be even more arrogant." The knight behind him, with brown curly hair and an eyepatch on his face, was the one-eyed Hussein pretending to be. He listened to Du Wei's words and snorted softly. "Aren't you convinced? I said how old he is, and I heard that his strength is at least level eight! When you reached level eight, you were not as young as him. Your reputation as the number one knight in the mainland may not be stable. Very good." Hussein was not angry, but said indifferently: "I never care about the title of the number one in the mainland... But this kid, I heard that he can do Rodriguez's stunts, I really want to see it." When the two of them said this, a loud voice came from the handsome mansion. "It's really an honor for me, Lu Gao, to be visited by Duke Tulip!" After speaking, a figure walked out quickly, with a rough laugh. Du Wei just got off his horse, and was about to say a few polite words, but the visitor had already come up, hugged Du Wei enthusiastically, patted Du Wei's back hard, and laughed loudly: "I was with your father in the early years My friend, old Raymond was an old acquaintance of mine when we fought in the Northwest more than 20 years ago. I have always heard that he has an outstanding son, but today I finally met you!" After finishing speaking, the man let go of Du Wei, pushed half a step away, and looked at Du Wei carefully, with a smile on his square face: "Very good! Very handsome boy, he is indeed a member of the Luo Lin family. " Du Wei also looked at this old warlord who had plagued the Northwest for more than 20 years. The appearance of this Lu Gao's face can't be seen in the slightest, and it looks like a villain. With a square face, he looks dignified, full of righteousness, coupled with his loud and loud voice, and his rough temperament, I don't know. I'm afraid people will really regard him as that kind of rough and heroic pure soldier. But the more this seemingly harmless guy, the more dangerous he is. Du Wei deeply understands this. Of course, this General Lu Gao still has some special features. Because, standing in front of Du Wei, he was half a head shorter than Du Wei, who was only fifteen years old! This old warlord who is famous in the Northwest for murdering without counting, with ulterior motives, and colluding with other races, making the imperial capital helpless against him, is actually a... dwarf who is even shorter than Du Wei. However, in this place in the northwest, I am afraid that no one would dare to underestimate this dwarf! Although Du Wei had never met this General Lu Gao, he had heard about his appearance. Now that he saw the real person, he sighed in his heart. This guy was a little shorter than he imagined. Du Wei himself hadn't really reached adulthood yet, and his height was only a hundred and sixty centimeters based on his previous life's calculations.But this Lu Gao's height only reaches his own nose. And on this dwarf's face, there is also a big hooked nose, which makes his originally upright square face a little more majestic and awe-inspiring. "General Lu Gao." Du Wei exhaled lightly, and said with a smile, "My father also mentioned you from time to time. I have been in the Northwest for more than a year, and it is really rude of me to have the opportunity to visit you today. " "You're welcome!" Lu Gao waved his hand heroically: "I fought with your father, so we can be regarded as brothers who lived and died together. We are also considered a family, come come, come in and talk to me!" With that said, he pulled Du Wei and walked inside. But Du Wei thought in his heart: I am going to be in bad luck with you, a family of traitors who colluded with other races! As Lu Gao walked into the commander's mansion, he came to a hall, but he saw several knights in full-body armor standing in the hall, among them Du Wei had seen him in Loulan City, the one who led the army to surround Guhuaduoluo of Loulan City. The rest of the knights were all in their thirties or forties, and everyone was full of sturdy aura, and the knight badges on their chests were at least level six or above. It's just that everyone's eyes looking at Du Wei were undisguised, full of naked unfriendliness. ... In the hall, a banquet has already been set up, but it is not a big table banquet according to the tradition of the Roland Empire. Instead, it imitated the customs of the prairie people, and it was divided into seats. One by one, the small tables formed a circle in the hall, and Lu Gao took Du Wei to sit on the top with him.All the people Du Wei brought with him naturally took Duoduo to take care of them and took them down to rest. The only one who accompanied Du Wei into the hall was Hussein alone. Du Wei was dragged by Lu Gao and sat at a small table next to him. He also imitated the appearance of the prairie people. There was no chair, but a mat was laid on the ground, and everyone sat on the ground. "Come, come, let me introduce to you, this is the famous young genius of our empire! Lord Tulip! Hehe, the son of Earl Raymond of the Rollins family." Lu Gao's introduction fell on Du Wei's Immediately, I felt a trace of unhappiness in my ears. What does he mean by that...is he mocking me?The son of the Luo Lin family has become the Duke of Tulip... Isn't this irony? But looking at the heroic smile on Lu Gao's face... Du Wei sighed, this guy is really good at pretending! "Du Wei, look, those present are all brave generals of our Northwest Army! You have met General Guhuaduoluo before, let me introduce you one by one! Come on, brothers, Our army doesn’t use the aristocratic methods, one by one brought me wine to honor this honored guest, and introduced themselves! Anyone who is not drunk today, I will spank his ass with wine!” Listening to General Lu Gao's "heroic" voice, Du Wei thought in his heart. This Lu Gao, what kind of person is he? Wu Sangui?Shijingtang?Or...Anlu Mountain? Thinking of this, Du Wei laughed, took the initiative to hold a wine glass and stood up: "General Lu Gao, you are welcome, I am a boy who has just grown up, how can I be worthy of a toast from all the strong generals in the army? Let me toast!" After speaking, he took the cup and walked towards the first general sitting next to him.The general had a big beard, but judging from the banner on his eyebrows, he was somewhat similar to that 250 Longbottom. Du Wei raised his glass to him and said with a smile, "This glass of wine is for me, Du Wei Rudolph, to honor the heroes of the Northwest Army!" After speaking, Du Wei looked at this guy with a cup in his hand.Who knew that the general smiled coldly, snorted heavily, looked at the wine glass in front of him, but didn't reach out. The atmosphere suddenly froze.