Chapter 33 Dangerous Torrent [1]

Sometimes, you know that this is the enemy's conspiracy, but it is completely useless. The military service of the Western Legion was robbed, regardless of the official explanation of the Slavic Empire, even if a dragon came and robbed all the gold coins. The soldiers of the Western Legion have nothing to do with half a dime. These are basically illiterate soldiers, and there is only one thought in their mind, that is, Emperor Nicholas I fooled them again after defaulting on military wages for more than half a year.

Although some officers did confirm that the military pay was indeed robbed by the thieves in the Simsk City area, who woke up? That's a 5,000-person elite army! Not rubbish! Not 5,000 pigs! It can be said that the officers of the Western Legion are also full of fire in their hearts, where they are doing the aftermath of these buttocks. The soldiers also knew that it was not the officer's fault, but in the past month, the officers swore that they even guaranteed that His Majesty's military pay would arrive immediately.

And now, God knows if it's the bastard emperor's trick to tease them. The military's meal is robbed. Are the soldiers of the whole empire eating shit? Moreover, who can prove that this is a band of thieves? Some deputy commanders of the Western Legion and branch commanders were unconvinced and went to the scene of the incident to investigate. As a result, there were a pile of horseshoe marks, as well as the station burned into ashes, and the staggered white bones and black staggered bones, leaving nothing.

"I don't believe it! I just don't believe it! There were exactly 5,000 people, but there were traces of activity there. At most, only 2,000 people launched an attack there! A group of thieves? Which leader of the thieves is crazy? He knows that the quality is not as good as the regular army, and he has to touch it when the quantity is not enough? Several deputy commanders roared there, "Is there such a stupid person in the world? Ah! What a bullshit army! What a bullshit, Chancellor of the Exchequer! What a bullshit emperor--

" Shut up!!! Do you know what you were yelling about just now? Bastard!"

With a crack, with a loud slap in the face, Vasini, the commander of the Grand Army, couldn't wait to kill this unobstructed idiot with a sword, and there was less noisy annoying voice. Get out of here! Standing under the banner of the army and carrying out the military rules--"

The angry Wahini's eyes were full of raging anger. He also had a feeling of being deceived by His Majesty, but he could not roar and shout like his men to vent his feelings. He is also a loyal soldier of the empire, a loyal general, and the commander of a large army of the empire.

"Alas..." With a long sigh, the helpless Vasini held his forehead and sat on the edge of the table, scattered with the battle deduction map that was almost the end of the regiment. At this time, the Western Legion was angry except for anger. The rest was just some decadent soldiers who began to have no expectation for their own life. Originally, I could have rushed to the facade with more than a dozen silver coins a month, but now, even a small gambler in the army is just holding a few baked potatoes and black bread as a bet. At this time, in the army camp, the voices of sighing and crying father and mother came one after another.

What's more, some unbearable soldiers cried there. Since a few years ago, the empire has been delaying arrears and stopping the payment of the military wages of the Western Legion. It's a rare reissue, and it's just to make these poor low-level soldiers half full. In the past, I could send some extra expenses home, but now, I don't expect anything.

In the past five years, the number of deserters who escaped home from the Western Legion has been more than 4,000. This data has been extremely horrible. Almost every week, people run away, sometimes even in groups, which is breathtaking. However, there is nothing we can do about it. Although it is impossible to suffer from hunger in the army, there is no hope for this all day. It is better to go home and plant two mu of land. Even if you just collect some sweet potatoes, you can eat these sweet potatoes for half a year without worrying about eating everything because there is no military pay. It is even more unbearable to have parents, wives and children at home.

So sometimes, as long as it's not too much, those people whose families are really poor, Wahini even privately offers a few silver coins, and let these poor guys run away to their homes for food on the road.

Although in terms of military regulations, Vahini's behavior can be said to be sentenced to death in a military court. However, people's hearts are fleshy. You can't expect everyone to shed their blood for the so-called ease of the empire like these professional soldiers. These ordinary soldiers, originally in order to mix the military pay of a few silver coins, had to come here to the border. If even the last hope is cut off, then don't expect these people's conscience to find or suddenly have noble sentiments, and to devote their lives to the empire's hegemony.

"Bang!" Another hot-tempered deputy commander hit the table fiercely and shouted, "What on earth do those people in the imperial capital want to do?" Do they still want to make this country strong? Military expenses, military expenses! Even the most basic military pay can't be issued. Relying on these black bread and bran bran alone to feed the soldiers, even if it is a donkey, you have to call twice. Doesn't His Majesty the Emperor know that the army is the foundation for maintaining the stability of the country? The army is in a mess. What can we expect!"

Wasini wanted to curse something again. He raised his head and opened his mouth to say something to refute. Finally, he felt that what he said was pale and weak. As a result, he didn't say anything, but just sighed. Vaini suddenly felt that he was so tired now. At the beginning, he was ambitious to take up the position of the commander of the Western Legion, and he did bring the army very well. The officers were brave, the soldiers were strong, iron-blooded, courageous and brave. Such an army is definitely the cornerstone of the great cause of the empire.

But only five years, because the military expenditure, which may have been insignificant, was destroyed in this way.

The entire weapon of the Western Legion has not been replaced for nearly three years. Some armors, even raised, make a creaking and fragile sound. When they go to the battlefield, the enemy can cut them off with a knife! Wasini didn't know what was wrong with this country. Why did the empire even owe the military expenses of a large army?

He knew that the nearby Simsk City was a poor place, but Asheli, the owner of Simsk City, was a long time ago. When Ivanov entertained him, the luxurious banquet, the eye-catching ladies, and the delicious food that had never been enjoyed. These things cost dozens or even hundreds of gold rubles for a big meal. The cost of a banquet is as high as tens of thousands of gold coins. And I heard that this is just a very ordinary large banquet. When it comes to the imperial city of Morsk, the banquet of those prime ministers is definitely better than Asheli. Ivanov's banquet for rural princes is a hundred times more high-end.

"The nobles have so much money in their hands, why doesn't the empire have it? As long as His Majesty orders and asks those city lords and nobles to donate some gold coins, I'm afraid the Western Legion can also tide over the difficulties!" When he said this, Wasini's voice was a little cold. Several legion commanders and deputy legion commanders heard Wasini's muttering, as if their eyes lit up at the same time, and their eyes were full of the excitement of eager crime, but no one really opened their mouths to say the idea in their hearts.

"Your Excellency, if there is no more military expenditure, our army, the thousand-person team, the hundred-person team, even the forage of the war horse, can't buy it. My lord... It's not as good as..." A trace of viciousness flashed in the eyes of the commander of the Cavalry Corps. This gloomy and viciousness should not have been what such an army should have, but at this point, the poor will change. And a group of sergeants Qiu Ba, when there is no way out, is a group of evil criminals. They just ignore the military discipline and take everything lightly.

The messengers and incident investigators from the empire have made a judgment. Naturally, they think that the thieves have robbed the military wages, and the military wages that have been in arrears for more than half a year will be postponed again. Even Emperor Nicholas I himself knew what a serious crisis of trust would be for him by this order, but he had no choice. He really had no money. It's not necessarily possible to let him, the emperor, auction the huge palace!

"No way! We are the army of the empire..." When Washini said this, his eyes dimmed and his voice became smaller and smaller. Obviously, his expression just now was indeed caught by his men. And all this happens to be done by the army commanders. Since the emperor has no longer care about them, he has to be self-sufficient. Even these legion commanders don't have much money left in their hands. If it goes on like this, maybe they will become the first poor army generals in the world.

"But my lord, do we have any other way? It's not necessary to let this group of hungry soldiers and motivationless soldiers fight a life-and-death battle with the Normans in the west! Those evil Normans, you know, if it were three years ago, they might have been able to fight them head-on, but now, my lord, look, what our hundreds of thousands of troops look like. Powerless, morale, listless training, even the interest in maintaining weapons and armor is almost gone! Because our weapons and equipment have not been replaced for three years!"

The commander of the cavalry was obviously a little excited. He had reason to be excited, because in the past few years, because the quality of forage was getting worse and worse, his strong horses could see the stiff ribs. Such a cavalry regiment, even a straw general, knows that such a cavalry regiment has no combat effectiveness at all.

"No! There must be a way!" It seemed that at that moment, Wasini figured out something, shook his head and said, "You wait for me for two days. In two days, I will definitely come back with my military service!"

After saying that, Wasini stepped out and shouted, "Prepare a horse!" Go to Ilmen Lake!"

His personal guard barracks immediately came out, pulled out more than 2,000 cavalry, and immediately left the barracks. In the army camp stretching for several kilometers, there are more than 100,000 soldiers. There are also two camps in the north and south, each 20 kilometers apart. And no one knows where you are going, Vashi. The cavalry commander, who thought that Wasini was going to comfort the barracks on the north and south, became more and more angry and sat in the chair angrily.

"Two days and two days! In two days, my war horse will starve to death! My cavalry is running away! There were only 200 people running yesterday. Today, the arrest team sent out to arrest also ran more than 30 people! There is no hope for this army these days! Damn, the great aristocrats in this empire have banquets and banquets every day, eating, drinking and wasting extravagant. At least I am a second-class viscount of the empire, or a famous regular general of the empire, but I live as miserable as a dog. Is there any fairness?

"Mendeleev! What do you want to do?"

Several deputy army commanders and branch commanders came over and asked eagerly.

What are you doing? I'm going to cut off the head of the fat man in Simsk City. I'm going to rob his treasure house! Now that it hasn't been sent, I'm not afraid! Anyway, it's all dead! Two days, how many letters do you have? Lord Vaishini is a good man. He doesn't want to be this villain, so let me do it. When something happens, you guys don't say anything. I'm on this charge alone!"

"Mendeleev! Are you really going to do this?"

Several deputy regimental commanders immediately asked eagerly. A trace of determination flashed in his eyes, as if there was nothing he could do.

"If you don't do it, my horses and my soldiers will starve to death in this damn place where birds don't shit! I, Mendeleev, know the kindness of Lord Vahini. But where can I get millions of gold rubles in two days? The emperor has long forgotten us. Look, what did the damn imperial messenger say? Let's solve it by ourselves! Well, I'll solve it by myself and show it to them! Isn't it said that the thieves in Simsk City are rampant? I will let them know that the thieves in Simsk City are not only rampant, they are simply going to rebel!"

After saying that, he roared and shouted at the captains of the cavalry regiments in the square, "You son of a bitch, cheer me up and get paid with me!" His voice was so loud that the commanders of several legions basking in the sun there heard it. He immediately gathered around and asked loudly, "Lord Mendeleev, what are you talking about? Go get the military? Have you found the military service?"

"That's right! I found it!"

Mendeleev shook a dirty long brown hair, a big man with a shaggy beard, patted the sword around his waist, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes. At this time, hesitation or something was all nonsense. He already knows what he is going to do. What else can we expect at this time? Just count on yourself!

The assembled cavalry army all came over. Mendeleev looked at it, shook his head, and roared, "The thousand-person team and the two-person team came with me, took off my military uniform, and wiped the plaster on my face! This time, we have to make enough money!"

As soon as Vaishni left, Mendeleev took 2,000 cavalry out of the camp with his back foot. One person and three horses were vast. From the path in the south, he and Wasini went east across a dense forest across a river. However, Mendeleev knows that there is a town a little south, where there is a lot of grain and fodder and treasure. Asheli. Ivanov's fat pig raised several concubines in the town in the south, and there is a lot of money here. However, Mendeleev had his own plan. He thought about it in his heart. First, he robbed the money of the little bitch outside Asheri, and then went straight to the main city of Simsk to rob the fat man's money. As long as he wore a noble hat, he would fucking rob all of them. Don't leave a dime to them.

At this time, Mendeleev was full of the idea of revenge. All he knew was that the country was big, the army was poor, and the great aristocracy was very rich. Well, it is obvious that the wealth of this country must have fallen into the hands of the great nobles.

Didn't you say that the thieves in Simsk City are rampant? This time he was rampant once, pretending to be a band of thieves. At that time, even if someone recognizes him as Mendeleev, there will be no evidence! It can be said that this beard has been out for a long time. When you get to this field, there is nothing to worry about.

The two captains were a little stunned before, but when they thought that they were poor now, they wanted to bring some money to their family, but they found that they didn't have any spare money. What else can they say these days? A group of wolves and tiger-like cavalry had been desperately urging the war horses for a long time. This dozens of kilometers of road was not long, but for a moment, it made Mendeleev entangled and nervous. He didn't know whether he had done a big stupid thing at this time. However, he only knew that this time, if he really wanted to die, then he would stand down alone, even if he was dead, that's it.

"Head! Are we going to do it like this?" The commander of the 1000th team still didn't believe it. On the horse's back, he approached and asked loudly. Those soldiers don't care so much. Since the army commander said that the military service is in the city of Simsk, they must be there. Anyway, they listen to the officer.

"That's right! What? Are you a son of a bitch afraid? Mendeleev looked at him contemptuously and shouted angrily, "If you are afraid, get back to me!" I don't need you to come over and persuade me!"

"No, no, no! Head! Anyway, I'm going to risk my life. I'm going to starve to death. It's better to kill him fiercely. At that time, it will be pushed to the thieves, and no one will say anything. Anyway, if there is a band of thieves to grab the military's military, it may not be that there will be no band of thieves to attack the city of Simsk!"

Although the thousand-chief looked nervous, he was more excited. Thinking that he could make enough money immediately, he felt that this day was good. Now he understands why the people of the thief group have lived such a comfortable life in this year. Even sometimes, the equipment of those thieves is faster than theirs.

"Good! Son of a bitch! This is the person of my Mendeleev!"

The horses of the cavalry** are hot all over. Such a wild run is likely to run to death, but this has left more than two thousand people no choice.