Chapter 638 Chapter 597: Du Wei Takes Command

"What? Want me to go to the front?" Du Wei was sitting in the study, and in front of him was a court official who came from the palace to deliver an order. The official was holding a letter of appointment signed by the Prince Regent in his hand. The chief garrison general of the fortress is responsible for presiding over the eastern fortress and six nearby military checkpoints, and the five second-tier fortresses of the empire with a front line of nearly 300 miles long! Such an official document is equivalent to handing over the more than 200,000 troops in the eastern part of the war zone in front of him into his own hands!

But Du Wei, sitting in the study, faced the official who came to deliver the order from the palace, but his face was not happy at all, but he openly expressed a kind of undisguised dissatisfaction. Sitting in a wheelchair, Du Wei came around from behind the desk and came to the palace official. With a strange expression on his face, he pointed to his nose and then to his legs. "Are you really sure that this order is not mistaken? Could it be that His Royal Highness the Prince Regent was drunk today and signed the document indiscriminately?" Du Wei blinked and frowned, "Look at me, sitting in a wheelchair, A cripple who can't even walk, expecting someone like me to go to the front line? Do you think I can ride a horse now? Can I fight with a sword?"

The court official had a wry smile on his face, but he was helpless.He is just a small court official in charge of ordering, how can he answer Du Wei's question.At the moment, I could only put on a bitter face, and softly begged: "Your Excellency, don't embarrass me. I'm just in charge of delivering orders...I don't understand other things." Du Wei scratched his hair and sighed softly: "Oh, tell me, what's going on?" "This..." the palace official said: "A battle report was sent from the front today, and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent read it in public in the hall, and after discussing with the ministers, the Minister of Military Affairs, Mr. Camisiro, recommended you. Your Highness will agree... that's about it, if you ask me about the details, I don't know."

Only then did Du Wei smile, took the appointment letter and read it in his hand. It was written in black and white, signed and sealed, then nodded, and took out two gold leaves from his pocket , Throwing it to the palace official: "Okay, I see, I trouble you to make such a trip, you have worked hard." The palace official received the gold leaf, but his face was not happy. He looked at Du Wei and couldn't help but said: "My lord, don't you...don't you... go to the palace to take orders? But all the officials in the imperial capital who have received the appointment will be It is customary to go to the palace to receive orders face to face..."

The implication seems to be that he hopes that Du Wei will go back to the palace with him. But Du Wei waved his hand: "No need, I'm inconvenient. The regent knows it, and he wouldn't bother with me about this kind of politeness. You just say that I have accepted the order when you go back. I will go to the headquarters to report officially tomorrow. , hand over the formalities, and I will leave for the north as soon as possible..." The official stared at him, and thought, "A cow!After all, he is the number one nobleman in the empire!This air is really big, the regent ordered to hand over hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line to you, and you didn't go back and say hello to him face to face!

But this kind of trivial matter is not something that a small court official like him can interject, so he quickly left and ran away. After the people from the palace left, Du Wei sneered twice, and threw the order on the table casually. He lowered his head and pondered for a while, then murmured in a low voice: "Prince Chen will transfer me to the front line sooner or later, I understand this... But, why is Kamisiro joining in the fun? Why did he come forward to be such a young man?" Recommend me? Well, this must be the meaning of the old man behind him... But, what does that old man mean?"

Du Wei deeply understands that he and the regent have begun to separate—but it's just a separation, and it's far from the time to turn their faces. During the tumult before, all the nobles in the imperial capital were nervous, but in fact, only Du Wei and the regent who were in the game knew that both sides were just testing. It's far from the time to turn around...it's not yet the time, nor has it reached the bottom of that kind of rupture.At least for now, both parties still miss their old relationship. It's just a test. As for what to test? This is a bit complicated to say...

Let's put it this way: Prince Chen is terminally ill, but he doesn't want others to know, let alone Du Wei.But Du Wei guessed it, but Du Wei didn't want Prince Chen to know that he had guessed it.Then Prince Chen suspected that Du Wei might have guessed it, but Prince Chen didn't want Du Wei to know that he suspected Du Wei had guessed it.Now, Du Wei doesn't want Prince Chen to know that he knows that he is suspecting that he has guessed... Damn, it's just a super tongue twister! ! As a result, the friction between the two parties before was caused, but they were actually testing each other.

Two people, one pretends to be confused while pretending to understand, and the other pretends to understand while pretending to be confused. And the core of this matter is Prince Chen's illness!No matter what Du Wei meant, he had to pretend that he didn't know it yet, and he couldn't let the window paper be pierced—if it didn't pierce for a day, everyone would live in peace. But once this layer of window paper is pierced... Then, it will be difficult to control the situation in the future. Everyone understands the truth: if Prince Chen is about to die, he will definitely pave the way for his son. According to common sense, Du Wei should be attacked.But Du Wei understands this truth, and so does Prince Chen.

But Prince Chen can't let Du Wei know, because once Du Wei knows... then Du Wei must be on guard: since you are likely to touch me, then maybe I will touch you first!The so-called strike first is the strongest. Du Wei was afraid that Prince Chen would make a move, and Prince Chen was afraid that Du Wei would make a move first—although everyone had no intention of making a move for the time being—it might even be that neither of them wanted to make a move against each other at all, but under such doubts and speculations, just It's hard to guarantee who can't help but make the first move.

After all, the most insecure thing in the world is the human heart. Du Wei couldn't pin his hopes of life and wealth on the kindness of Prince Chen.And Prince Chen did not dare to entrust the safety of the royal family's inheritance to Du Wei's loyalty. Both are guarding against each other. Going around...it's too much going around. ... After receiving the order, Du Wei didn't go to the palace, but ran directly to the military headquarters in the imperial capital, and went to meet Camisiro. He didn't mention anything about the other party's recommendation of him, and he was completely business-like. Since the front line lost the battle, and you have to go to the front line to clean up the mess, you can't let me die alone. What about reinforcements?How many soldiers will you bring me? Camisiro was also unambiguous and told Du Wei directly: Bing, yes!But it's not the main battle legion. After all, the Empire's most elite main battle legion, the Storm Legion, is already on the front line.The imperial guards who stayed behind had already drawn a front line, and there was also a division, but they were drawn to the northwest and stationed in Nulin province—whom?Isn't it just to prevent him from Du Wei! What's more, the remaining guards of the royal city still have to defend the imperial capital, not to mention a division, even a regiment can't be drawn out! Therefore, there are about 50,000 reinforcements for Du Wei, 30,000 are local garrison troops drawn from various places in the south, and the remaining 20,000 are a reserve division. The rest of the reserves, now pieced together into a reorganized division, are also given to Du Wei. As soon as Du Wei heard this, he rolled up his sleeves in the headquarters on the spot, as if he was going to make a big fuss with Camisiro! What a joke!The situation on the front line is urgent, and it is already inhumane for you to send me a disabled person in a wheelchair!The soldiers given are not good soldiers!The local garrison drawn from the south?I don't know what the garrison troops in those places look like!Local law and order can be maintained, and war?Can you count on it! As for the reserve division... Hell, they were all the people who were picked up by Thor's Whip, you can think of it. date! Don't do it! You guys are bullying me, a disabled person, and you still talk about human rights! ! Du Wei put on airs and wanted to make a big fuss, but Camisiro immediately softened, he quickly pulled Du Wei aside, and said with a low wry smile: "My lord duke, don't make trouble with me." Now, these things are all decided by His Royal Highness the Regent, so it doesn’t count if I say it.” Du Wei blinked his eyes: "That's fine, since that's the case, can I bring my own soldiers to the front line? I'll mobilize my family's private army, and I'll break the family for the country!" "That's not okay." Camisiro immediately refused firmly: "It is absolutely impossible to send a private army to the front without His Highness nodding! And... didn't you have a grassland problem in the northwest before? Hmph, at this time, I'm afraid your private army can't be transferred." Du Wei looked angry, but actually he was laughing in his heart: I knew it was like this. Of course he wouldn't let himself bring private troops to the front line! The regent's move brought him to the front, nominally giving him more than 200,000 troops... In fact, he was playing tricks to separate himself from his family foundation. After all, the imperial capital is still too close to its own territory in the northwest.I had to transfer myself to the front line. To put it bluntly, I gave myself more than 200,000 troops. But those troops are all official troops!These are the old background of the Storm Legion, and the troops drawn from various places have their own generals.If I go up like this, in the short term, it is impossible to turn these troops into my direct line. Nominally, he holds military power, but in fact...why didn't he "close" himself in a disguised form among the 200,000 troops? The soldiers are not my direct descendants... Let alone appointing me as the front-line chief, even if I am named a marshal, I am still a bare-bones commander. No, the private army cannot be transferred, but it is necessary to strive for some benefits. Du Wei thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "Camisiro, you have also been in the army, you should understand that as a general, if you don't have some veterans who you are used to, it is inevitable that you will be defeated in battle. Hands are bound. I will not pick the 50,000 people you gave me, I will take them with you. However, I need to bring some familiar people up, otherwise... I will complain about this matter. Anyone who wants to pick it up can pick it up, anyway, I'm quitting!" Camisiro smiled and said, "What do you want? Let me explain first, if the conditions are too harsh, I can't help you." "Hmph, don't you 'help' me too much?" Du Wei smiled strangely, which made Kamishiro smile a little bit embarrassingly. "First, as a magician, it is my private business to take a few magician followers to the front line, so this is not a violation of the law." "Of course." Camisiro nodded immediately: "The Imperial Code can't control this. You can bring as much as you like. I know that you, Duke Tulip, are the dean of the Imperial Academy of Magic and a member of the Society of Magic. You recruit magicians. Being your subordinate is also your private matter." "Okay!" Du Wei immediately pulled a clerk from the side: "Write it down! Write it all down! It's only in black and white that you can count!" He coughed, and saw that the clerk had no choice but to take a paper record, and then continued: "I will not transfer my own army in the northwest. However, when I returned to the imperial capital the year before last, I brought a thousand personal guards Cavaliers, if I bring these to the front line, it’s not a violation.” "I remember that you brought back five hundred the year before last... not as much as one thousand..." As soon as he said this, seeing Du Wei's eyes widened, Kamisiro nodded quickly: "Okay! You are the follower of the Duke of the Empire." , As a great nobleman, it is normal to be used to the personal guards of one's own family, one thousand cavalry guards, yes." He thought to himself: Five hundred or one thousand, the number is not much different.With five hundred more people, among the 200,000 troops, could it be possible to make waves?Du Wei, Du Wei, why are you arguing about such a small matter. But Du Wei immediately turned around and shouted to the clerk: "Write carefully! One thousand guard knights, not one word is allowed to be changed!" After the clerk finished writing, Du Wei snatched it away, glanced at it, and then smiled with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad, keep writing." He coughed: "Thirdly, this batch of academies in the military academy have also studied for a year. I will bring some people to the front line to hone them in actual combat. It is not an exaggeration." "Okay, but up to ten. These people are the seeds of the future. I can't give you all at once. I still have a lot of future arrangements here. You can't take them all away." "Ten is ten, and my younger brother is not included in the quota!" Du Wei refused to budge. Camisiro thought for a moment, and it wasn't a big deal, but Du Weiduo took up a spot. "The last one." Du Wei smiled: "Since the establishment of the military academy, I have seconded some soldiers with you to serve as training partners in the military academy. If you get used to it, you can give it to me." As he said that, Du Wei wrenched his fingers and said: "The first time I borrowed five hundred soldiers from the Imperial Police Station, I took it. Later, I borrowed two more soldiers from the Royal City Guards, a total of two Thousands of people, I want it too." Camisiro was a little embarrassed: "It's not difficult for the soldiers of the public security station to give you. But the guards of the Royal City...you want two thousand at once, and I can't make a decision on this. You know the imperial decree, and the local army is mobilized. The high command can make the decision. But... since the incident a few years ago, the transfer of the Royal Guards, more than 500 people, must be reported to the palace to get the regent's order. Although I am the Minister of Military Affairs, Nor does it have the power to mobilize the Royal Guards." "Then I would trouble you to go to the palace and intercede with His Highness for me." Du Wei smiled lazily: "However, I believe His Highness will definitely agree." "Okay." Camisiro didn't want to get entangled with Du Wei, and there were only two thousand royal guards on the left and right, and two thousand people were not too many. Only then did Du Wei burst out laughing, grinned at Camisiro, and patted Camisiro on the shoulder vigorously: "Okay, then I thank you in advance! Please sign and stamp this record, then The formalities are ready." In the end, Camisiro couldn't help Du Wei, so he could only sign the record and stamp it with the seal of the military department. Seeing that this item was obtained, Du Wei suddenly laughed, and then, under the dumbfounded gazes of Camisiro and several military officials around him, he suddenly stood up from the wheelchair, flicked his sleeves, Swaggeringly walked in front of Camisiro! "You!! Your legs!!" Camisiro changed color: "You..." Du Wei snorted, and said lightly: "I'm going to the front line, I can't really go in a wheelchair... Well, let's just say, I, Du Wei, am devoted to serving the country and worrying about state affairs. It will be fine suddenly. This is also the blessing of the gods." After finishing speaking, Du Wei nodded to the people in the military department, swaggered, and walked out of the gate of the command department in such a grand manner! Watching the back of Du Wei leaving, and looking at the wheelchair that Du Wei randomly threw in the room, Camisiro couldn't help but smile wryly. Sigh... Is the decision to send him to the front line and hand over more than 200,000 troops of the empire into the hands of such a person... Really correct?